Nance O'Neil

서부개척시대를 배경으로 진보적인 남편과 현실과 가정에 안주하려는 아내 그리고 슬하의 아이들까지 한 가족의 영토 개척에 관한 이야기

A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding young man.

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie (Nance O'Neil), who has found out about the affair forces her to dump Kovacs and take part in the arranged marriage. Though not believing her own words, Orsolini reluctantly tells Kovacs she cannot ever fall in love with a man with his social position. Feeling deeply hurt, Kovacs decides to take revenge by indulging in blackmail, spreading a rumor that he is an imposter and a swindler.

It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy.

Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.