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Civil War veteran Wes Bigelow has raised Robert, the orphaned son of the woman he once loved. When Robert loses the local veterans’ money in speculation, Bigelow struggles between shame and paternal devotion, sacrificing his property and pleading in court to save the young man’s future.
A shipwrecked orphan girl marries her guardian out of gratitude and duty, although she loves another man closer to her age. Her husband's self-denial and the resulting strain drive the melodrama.
During the California Gold Rush, Minnie runs the Polka saloon and guards the gold the miners have collected. She becomes close to Dick Johnson, whom she had met earlier, and learns that he is the bandit Ramerrez. When Sheriff Jack Rance captures Johnson, Minnie wagers her future against Rance at poker and wins his release. Johnson is captured again, but Minnie persuades the miners to spare him by reminding them of all she has done for them. They forgive him, and Minnie and Johnson leave California to begin a new life.
In her home overlooking a Japanese harbor, Cho-Cho-San waits for Lieutenant Pinkerton to return. Pressured to accept another suitor, she clings to her marriage as an American consul struggles to tell her that Pinkerton has a new wife.
Bank cashier William Prescott lets his innocent friend Edwin Seabury take the blame for money he has stolen. When Prescott learns that his fiancée knows his secret and would protect him, her devotion forces him to confront his guilt while the bank’s directors struggle to prevent its collapse.
In Georgian Bath, Kitty Bellairs helps Lady Standish provoke her indifferent husband into jealousy. A misdirected love letter and an impending duel entangle Kitty in the scheme, and her attempt to protect her friend threatens her own reputation.
A four-act Gold Rush melodrama centered on a woman known as the Girl, a gambler sheriff, and a stranger in a mining camp.
A three-act contemporary domestic drama about a husband and wife's rise from poverty to wealth, addressing social status and divorce. Its staging recreated a Childs Restaurant on stage using materials and food from the restaurant chain.
A four-act Civil War melodrama built around a woman's love and heroism, inspired by the image of a young woman clinging to a church bell's clapper to keep it from ringing.
Once-renowned conductor Anton von Barwig is impoverished in New York and searches for his lost wife and daughter. When his daughter comes to him for music lessons without knowing who he is, he must confront the man who raised her while protecting her happiness.
Civil War veteran Wes Bigelow has raised Robert, the orphaned son of the woman he once loved. When Robert loses the local veterans’ money in speculation, Bigelow struggles between shame and paternal devotion, sacrificing his property and pleading in court to save the young man’s future.
A shipwrecked orphan girl marries her guardian out of gratitude and duty, although she loves another man closer to her age. Her husband's self-denial and the resulting strain drive the melodrama.
During the California Gold Rush, Minnie runs the Polka saloon and guards the gold the miners have collected. She becomes close to Dick Johnson, whom she had met earlier, and learns that he is the bandit Ramerrez. When Sheriff Jack Rance captures Johnson, Minnie wagers her future against Rance at poker and wins his release. Johnson is captured again, but Minnie persuades the miners to spare him by reminding them of all she has done for them. They forgive him, and Minnie and Johnson leave California to begin a new life.
In her home overlooking a Japanese harbor, Cho-Cho-San waits for Lieutenant Pinkerton to return. Pressured to accept another suitor, she clings to her marriage as an American consul struggles to tell her that Pinkerton has a new wife.
Bank cashier William Prescott lets his innocent friend Edwin Seabury take the blame for money he has stolen. When Prescott learns that his fiancée knows his secret and would protect him, her devotion forces him to confront his guilt while the bank’s directors struggle to prevent its collapse.
In Georgian Bath, Kitty Bellairs helps Lady Standish provoke her indifferent husband into jealousy. A misdirected love letter and an impending duel entangle Kitty in the scheme, and her attempt to protect her friend threatens her own reputation.
A four-act Gold Rush melodrama centered on a woman known as the Girl, a gambler sheriff, and a stranger in a mining camp.
A three-act contemporary domestic drama about a husband and wife's rise from poverty to wealth, addressing social status and divorce. Its staging recreated a Childs Restaurant on stage using materials and food from the restaurant chain.
A four-act Civil War melodrama built around a woman's love and heroism, inspired by the image of a young woman clinging to a church bell's clapper to keep it from ringing.
Once-renowned conductor Anton von Barwig is impoverished in New York and searches for his lost wife and daughter. When his daughter comes to him for music lessons without knowing who he is, he must confront the man who raised her while protecting her happiness.