01 A despairing man contemplating suicide is shown what his town would have become had he never been born.
Samuel S. Hinds brought a dignified, fatherly presence to Hollywood’s golden age, appearing in hundreds of films as judges, doctors, and other figures of quiet authority.
01 A despairing man contemplating suicide is shown what his town would have become had he never been born.
02 A meek clerk's infatuation with a manipulative woman drags him into fraud, murder, and ruin.
03 An orphaned girl sent to live with wealthy relatives dreams of attending a glamorous society ball.
04 A group of aspiring actresses at a theatrical boarding house compete and support each other through hardship.
05 Two childhood friends raised together grow up to become a gangster and a district attorney on opposite sides of the law.
06 A street peddler's desperate scheme to appear respectable for her daughter's visit draws in a whole city of gangsters.