Mae Busch

After getting booted from their circus sideshow, the ventriloquist, dwarf, and strongman forge an “unholy” criminal alliance to strike it rich.

When his brother becomes implicated in multiple killings, a gambler joins the Texas Rangers in hopes of finding the true perpetrators of the crimes.

Two hapless husbands ditch their wives to party at a lodge convention, only to land in hot water when their sneaky plan backfires.

The souls in question are silver-screen hopefuls in this witty, insightful glimpse at the early movie business. Feared lost for decades, it includes unique working cameos of director Erich von Stroheim and a non-Tramp Charlie Chaplin, and features starlet Eleanor Boardman, the "Cinderella of Hollywood" whose rags-to-riches story echoed her character's. Escaping from a train journey with her sinister new husband, Mem Steddon (Boardman) crawls across the California desert and spies her salvation: an Arab sheik riding a camel! The location movie crew brings Mem to Tinseltown, where bit parts and acting lessons lead her to starring roles - and a fiery finale with her murderous spouse Lew Cody). If you like classic Hollywood, you'll love this picture, full of carefully observed detail, warmth and plenty of soul.

A reporter sets out to prove that the woman who rejected his marriage proposal is a murderer. Meanwhile, she's posing as her missing twin sister.