On the eve of his wedding, patriot Jerzy Mirski undertakes a daring mission to steal vital military documents from the Russian headquarters, but is gravely wounded and finds refuge at his beloved Hanka’s estate. Pursued relentlessly by a Cossack patrol, he refuses to reveal the documents’ hiding place even at the cost of his own life.
Scheduled for demolition, Hotel Continental has seen 50 years of romance, intrigue, and tragedy. The last night attracts many nostalgic patrons, including a gangster planning to grab the loot that he hid there many years ago.
Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun.
A group of drinking, smoking and card-playing society women are getting obesely flabby. They go to a gym where various methods are used to reduce their fat.
A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation.