When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing director, her understudy steps in and a star is born.

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages…

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.