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- Spartacus sold as a slave rises up and battles the evil Crassus.
- Based on the Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel. Set in the shadows of Mt. Vesuvius just before its famous eruption.
- It is Polidor's wedding day, and, as usual, the little man is unpunctual. At last the irate best man gets on the telephone and tells him to hurry up. In his anxiety Polidor sits on the tall hat which is to put the finishing touch to his costume. Not a hat in the house is suitable for the occasion, and Polidor hurriedly rings the best man again and tells him of his plight. Straightway all the gentlemen guests are sent out in search of a hat. Meanwhile Polidor himself, on the way to the house, jealously observes every tall hat he sees, and in turn attempts to steal those belonging to a coachman and others, while, when he at last discovers a hatter's, he in his anxiety wrecks the whole place in his efforts to obtain a suitable tile. Polidor is kicked out, and the shop man telephones for the police, the latter, led by a commissioner in his sash of office and wearing a resplendent tile, encountering Polidor. The latter takes to a lamp-post for refuge, and even takes the commissioner's hat as he passes. A hot chase is set up, but Polidor eludes the officers, and although he loses the commissioner's hat, he triumphantly purchases in its place the miniature hat which a blind beggar's dog wears, clad in which he at last appears at the bride's house. Soon, however, the guests appear with piles of hats in all shapes and sizes, and Polidor is persuaded to relinquish his miniature headgear in favor of one made for a man three times his size.
- Polidor's wife is extremely jealous of him and will not allow him to join any late parties at cafés. His friends suggest to him as a means of getting out of the house. He adopt the tactics of a sleep-walker. He accordingly arises in the middle of the night and is just leaving the house when he is discovered by his angry wife. When she sees that he is walking in his sleep, frightened for his safety, she rushes out in the street, and calls the police. They start on a hunt for Polidor, but he is safely enjoying a delightful entertainment with his friends. She breaks in in the midst of the wine supper and Polidor instantly freezes into his somnambulistic attitude. He starts off with the prettiest girl in the room, followed closely by the police and his wife, and by chance drops the letter on the street. When his wife reads this, the police come up and arrest poor Polidor.
- Polidor espies an attractive young lady in the street, and follows her, until, a favorable opportunity presenting, he falls on his knees and declares his passion. The young lady accepts his card, and later writes to him that if he wishes to prove his sincerity he will come and see her next day, prepared for anarchical deeds. Polidor, swathed in a cloak in the true conspirator's manner, duly makes the call, and finds that he has dropped into a den of genuine anarchists, who force a bomb into his hand and tell him that he must destroy the governor's palace if he wishes to gain the girl's hand. Polidor is desperately anxious to get rid of the explosive, but finds it a difficult matter, and is thrown out of hotels, restaurants, &c, when he unlocks and reveals the dangerous missile. Even at the police-station he is unwelcome and leaves hastily at the point of the superintendent's pistol. Finally, he drops the bomb, and is blown sky-high, but, falling, is caught by the telegraph wires, and philosophically lighting a cigarette, makes himself as easy as he can until assistance arrives.
- The story relates how Salambo, daughter of Amilcar, ruler of Carthage, and Priestess of Tanit, is the keeper of the Sacred Veil "on which human eyes must not gaze." She falls in love with Matho, a slave, who becomes the leader of a band of mercenaries, fighting for Carthage against Rome. Matho steals the sacred veil and Salambo is ordered by the priests to reclaim it. The lovers meet in Matho's tent and Salambo recovers the sacred veil. Matho is made a prisoner by the Carthaginians through the treachery of Narr Havas, who is rewarded by Amilcar for his treachery by the hand of his daughter, Salambo. Matho escapes from prison and death, and the Oracle of Tanit is made to declare, by the instrumentality of Spendius, Matho's faithful slave, that Matho is acceptable to the God and one day shall govern Carthage. Salambo, who has protested against her marriage to Narr Havas, whom she does not love, is thereupon given by Amilcar, her father, to Matho and the marriage ceremony is celebrated with much pomp.
- Polidor is a young but precocious schoolboy, whose parents receive a letter announcing the approaching visit of an "Indian gentleman"-one Mr. Rebb. Polidor is dispatched to buy wine. A damsel passes, and appears to invite him to follow. He forgets all about his errand and dogs her footsteps, until he is set upon by three ruffians, confederates of the charmer, who soon possess themselves of the money which is to pay for the wine. More than that, they tattoo Polidor's face, and when he gets home he finds he cannot wash the marks off. He decides to pose as the Indian visitor, and, with a sheepskin rug thrown round him, some hen's feathers stuck in his hair, and his face covered with soot, he dashes into the dining-room with a fearful yell. His frightened parents fly to the drawing-room. Polidor follows, but the farce is ended with the announcement of the real Mr. Rebb, and Polidor is soundly beaten and pushed into the street to reflect on the failure of his stratagem.
- Jean, a poor struggling artist, living in a garret on Montmartre, sees from the gallery of the Opera House the famous Spanish dancer, Conchita, and falls madly in love with her. He haunts the street before her house, in the hopes of even a glimpse of her wonderful beauty, but try as he may, cheered on by his faithful model, Ninon, he cannot paint the picture that will do her justice. Conchita progresses from triumph to triumph, and wears the night of her greatest success the poor flowers sent her by the artist in preference to the jewels of her admiring host of friends. Ninon goes to Conchita and begs her to pose just once as Jean's model, so that he may paint her portrait and gain undying fame. Conchita, lured on by her spirit of romance, visits the artist in his studio while he is asleep and dances before him. She seems to float away into nothingness and he cannot tell whether the loving kiss that she gave him was real or only a dream. The picture that Jean paints from the inspiration of the dancer wins the prize at the Academy, and Jean has become famous overnight. The romance is soon ended when the quickly acquired fortune of the now famous painter is dissipated, and the dancer returns to the stage. Jean is broken in health, and comes to live again in an obscure garret, tenderly cared for by the ever faithful Ninon, and on her desperate plea, Conchita comes to dance before the dying Jean. He dies in her arms and she, now realizing that the world holds no further zest, follows him into the unknown.
- Mr. Robb, a wealthy gentleman, has unearthed a well-preserved statue, which turns out to be of great antiquity. He presents it to the National Museum. Mr. Walls, a rich American, offers £2,000 for it, but is refused. Raffles, as a connoisseur, obtains entrance to Robb's house, where he leaves on a table a case of cigarettes, which he has prepared with opium. Mr. Robb is going away, and asks for a number of policemen to be sent to guard the treasure and convey it to the museum. A detachment is sent, and waiting, grow rather tired, and help themselves to the cigarettes, and are soon unconscious. Raffles and his confederates enter, rolling a large barrel containing a block of stone the same weight as the statue. The latter is placed in the cask, and the stone takes its place in the case. Mr. Walls bribes the guard of the train in which Ganimard and his assistants are carrying the case containing the supposed statue. The guard drops the case from the van, but Ganimard sees the action, and seizes Walls, who is carried off to prison. Ganimard proudly carries the case to the Government offices and opens it, disclosing only a stone. In prison Walls receives a letter from Raffles telling him that the case will fail, and telling him to call on Raffles if he wishes the statue. Raffles has a replica made of the statue, and when Walls calls sells it to him as the original for £5,000.