An inventor shows off his new machine which can relay any event or portray any person at the touch of a button.

A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.

An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.