Mary Rorke

Daniel Arnault an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve. Spurred on by her mercenary and socially ambitious mother , Genevieve consents to marry Daniel's wealthy brother Albert (Langhorn Burton). In despair, Daniel sinks into drug addiction. However the marriage is not a success,...

Rich cousins marry after they are both bankrupted.

'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c) nobody.' (British Film Catalogue)

A dying lord asks a tramp to pose as him and marry a lady, and he is later accused of killing the lord.

The Second Mrs Tanqueray

A farmer's runaway wife returns but is ejected by his mother.