Hal Conklin

The Silver Lining

A women in prison tale. One's rich, one's poor. Can they prosper after prison?

The Big Shot

A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.

The Spieler

After being released from jail, two con artists take their grift to a carnival.

Arizona Nights

A miner finds himself swindled by an evil horse trader named Decker.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.

Off His Trolley

Ralph Graves and Martin Loback are a streetcar team who hit the high spots one night (the highest spot being dancer Natalie Delys (Natalie Kingston) "who shook a wicked eyebrow". Despite an extremely poor seduction technique ("Hey, girlie, you're great"), Graves starts two-timing his girlfriend Marion (Alice Day) and spending money he cannot afford.

All Night Long

Harry runs into his old Marine sergeant and is reminded of the rivalry they had for a girl while they were stationed in France.

Brothers Under the Chin

Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.

Postage Due

Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that the absence of the stamp makes the card a criminal offense for the sender. In the course of his struggles he swims through "oceans" of mail, rides up and down chutes, gets tied up in a mail bag and finally finds himself locked in a delivery truck with two thieves.

The Soilers

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.