A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.

Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.

An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.