Renée Adorée

The 1948 discovery of gold in California draws ranchers, lovers, and horse racers to the area, which becomes ripe for opportunity, and for bandits.

The idle son of a wealthy family enlists in the army. Sent to France, he falls in love with a woman, but must leave her when moved to the frontlines

To earn the marital blessing of his sweetheart’s dad, a young man heads for the city to search for opportunity that doesn’t exactly materialize.

There's no honor among thieves in director Tod Browning's delirious tale of love and betrayal starring Lon Chaney, Owen Moore and Renée Adorée. A notorious Limehouse criminal, Dan Tate (Chaney) lives a double life. As feared underworld figure The Blackbird, he hides in plain sight posing as his imaginary brother, the Bishop, a kind-but-crippled preacher who runs the local mission. Infatuated with charming French music hall performer Fifi Lorraine (Adorée), Tate's affections turn to envy when she falls for West End Bertie (Moore), a handsome gentleman thief. With jealousy clouding his reason, Tate employs both his identities in a sinister scheme to destroy his rival and keep Fifi for himself.