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- King Lear decides to divide his kingdom amongst his three daughters. The oldest two daughters fawn insincerely over their father, and get most of his possessions. The youngest daughter, Cordelia, is much less lavish in her displays of affection, and disappoints her father. But events soon lead the old king to find out how each of his daughters really feels about him.
- Beatrix D'Este, a beautiful Italian widow, is loved by Orlando, an Italian nobleman, and also by the powerful Duke of Milan. She refuses the duke, who plots to prove to her that her lover is false. The plot succeeds and she gives her consent to the duke. Orlando, hearing of this, seeks to die, and the young widow is informed that he has killed himself for love of her. She rushes to him, in her bridal robes, and learns from his own lips that she is the victim of treachery.
- With a friend desperate for money, a merchant takes out a loan from a ruthless money-lender. Confident that his ships will soon be bringing him great wealth, the merchant willingly agrees to conditions of the loan that put him at great personal risk.
- When a man collapses to the floor, his wife rushes to the doctor. Then she rushes to get a priest, record his death, and arrange his funeral. One by one, they arrive. Suddenly the man jumps up and kicks the visitors out of the apartment.
- About the daughter of the Borgia, a noble medieval house. From her numerous and unhappy weddings, to the forced monacation, to the will of her family.
- Romeo, of the House of Capulets, and Juliet, of the House of Montagues, scorn the family feud of years, and love each other with all the fervor of Veronian youths. The ardent wooer sings his love beneath his lady's window while the stars wink their approval of the lovers' happiness. Juliet's father urges her marriage to Tybalt, a man of his choosing, but Romeo determines she shall not, so together they visit the venerable Friar Lawrence and are secretly united in marriage. Romeo is challenged by his rival, Tybalt, and in the encounter wounds his antagonist, for which he is exiled. Romeo's departure leaves Juliet open to the demands of her father, who insists upon her immediate marriage to Tybalt. In terror she flees to the old Friar, who gives her a powerful sleeping potion, and on the day she is to marry Tybalt, her friends are horrified to see her fall into a deathlike swoon. She is interred in the vault of her ancestors, and Romeo, hearing of her death, returns home, enters the vault and after gazing upon the face of his beloved plunges a dagger into his heart. Juliet awakens to see him expiring, and in her agony seizes the same dagger, inflicts a death-wound, and expires beside her lover.
- An Italian, silent film about the heroic life of Switzerland's freedom fighter, William Tell.
- Charles is bidding his wife an affectionate good-bye preparatory to setting out for a short bicycle run. The moment his back is turned Percy calls, but the unexpected return of the husband obliges the lady to hide her visitor in the cupboard. Charles soon goes out again and the prisoner is released. Catching up a white stocking to wipe the perspiration from his brow, he stuffs it in his pocket and takes his departure for the nearest café to get a bracer. There he meets Charles and another friend. To this latter he recounts his adventure and both laugh heartily at the joke. However, Percy is not to get off scot free, for on his return home his wife finds the stocking and naturally gives him a piece of her mind. Percy thereupon sits down and writes a note to his friend, asking him to get him out of the scrape, and the friend shows the letter to Charles, who volunteers to do the trick for him. Charles accordingly calls upon Mrs. Percy with one bare leg and narrates a story about her husband having removed the stocking in the spirit of mischief. Mrs. Percy calls attention to the fact that his other stocking is black and Charles, picking up the white hosiery to examine it, is horrified to find that it belongs to his wife.
- This is the beautiful story of Francesca di Rimini, which is known the world over for the charm of its heroine. Paul falls deeply in love with Francesca, to whom he has been sent by his brother, Lancietto, to propose for him. After her acceptance of the proposal she is accompanied by Paul to her future husband. Paul cannot keep away from the object of his affections, and during the voyage their friendship deepens and ripens into an all-absorbing passion. On the trip there is also a court fool, who, while disporting himself for the amusement of others, is really plotting dark deeds. When the twain arrive at Rimini Francesca cannot repress a shudder of horror at the sight of her betrothed, nevertheless, they are married, and Paul, in order to stifle his love, begs of his brother to be sent on a mission, to which his brother consents. Lancietto's fool, however, has a grudge against his master, and in order to be revenged upon him, and knowing the love that Paul bears to Francesca follows Paul and persuades him to return. This Paul does, and unable to withstand the beauty of Francesca, makes love to her. The perfidious fool now tells Lancietto of his wife's inconstancy, and the latter enters the apartment where they are together and pierces them both with one stroke of his sword.