Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

A nobleman posing as a necktie salesman falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, although he’s already wed to the daughter of his country’s war minister.

A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.