A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana’s grimy underworld.

Harry Yquem buys his beloved wife some jewelry in a place where underworld middlemen trade in fake and stolen goods. By chance, he spots a man with whom his wife…

Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her…

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.

The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

The story of an orphaned girl brought up by the Storlein family. Young Anne (Asta Nielsen) is brought as an infant to the Storlein farm by her mother, who has…

Sharecropper’s son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

In Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with and marries Lisa, his friend Victor’s fiancée. Fedya quickly tires of domestic life and resumes…

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman’s shooting.