Dacia Deane

Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.

A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.

This version concentrates on the contest between Petruchio and Katerina, as it should. The Biance subplot is used only to set up the Shrew story. When the subplot is resolved, its intrusion comes almost as a surprise, but I suppose the director felt he had to tie up lose ends.

A chorus girl, who dreams of being a music-hall star, falls for an impoverished author.

In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.