A fisherman discovers a young woman on what should be an uninhabited island who gives him the ominous warning that those who land on Dead Man’s Isle do not have long to live.

Nero sets fire to Rome to save himself from assassination but is unable to escape his own conscience.

Tom has a little too much to drink and accidentally shoots his friend Ned in a bar fight.

A policeman goes undercover as a woman to catch a pickpocket, but when his wife finds an unfamiliar dress in the closet, she comes to a different conclusion.

Ethel may be forced to abandon the man she loves for her father’s rich friend.

Orphan Oliver Twist becomes an unwilling member of Fagin’s band of thieves.

While out prospecting, Jim rescues a man dying of thirst and takes him back to his cabin, but Jim soon discovers that the stranger is out to steal his gold and his sweetheart.

Larry must try to make it through the night while evading his landlady, the police, criminals, and perhaps even malevolent spirits.

When Jack and Rose fall in love, Blaney tries to put him out of the way by killing Jack’s adoptive mother and framing Jack for the crime.

Pedro, jealous of Alonzo, joins the Spanish Inquisition to get rid of his rival.