David Bruce

A young woman on a New York-bound train witnesses a murder outside her compartment window. With a passion for mystery novels and the help of a mystery writer, she sets out to solve the case after police dismiss her story. Disguised in the victim's mansion, she uncovers a conspiracy linked to a victim's will, while narrowly escaping a deadly plot and exposing the truth.

After fleeing Europe during the Austro-Prussian War, a Viennese ballerina falls in love with an American bandit who resembles her late royal lover.

Sam "Bigmouth" Smedley travels to Pilgrim Hill, Massachusets, to "help" his unhappy daughter Janet. Sam soon learns that the cause is Janet's lawyer husband Tom's troublesome biggest client, Jonathan Smith, who owns and controls most of Pilgrim Hill. The controlling Smith even refuses to allow his daughter, Sally, to marry her poor, but kind, sweetheart Steve. Sam kidnaps Smith and brings him to a small deserted island off the coast. He then performs an old indian rain dance to create a storm to make Smith disappear. The dance works too well, a hurricane springs up, and Smith disappears in the storm. The local sheriff charges Sam with his murder. But is Smith really dead? A goofy, fun farce with a rare starring role for character actor Clem Bevans.

A housekeeper becomes the unofficial matriarch of the family that employs her and helps solve the family issues that arise in their lives.