Shuffles

A man's recurring dream involving a beautiful Asian woman leads him to Hong Kong.

A cinematic presentation of a staged theatrical event. Approved by the surviving Booth relatives, the story takes place thirty-eight years after Booth's alleged death. On the last day of his life, Booth weaves a fascinating account of a government conspiracy to cover up the truth on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Follows the life of a bereaved mother trying to desperately find a new identity, love and independence.

Calamity Jane (Evelyn Ankers), learning that her ownership of the "Prairie Queen" saloon, bequeathed to her by the late unseen Frank Mullen, is going to be disputed by Frank's niece, Cecelia Mullen (Ruth Whitney) and her lawyer, Gordon Hastings (James Ellison), the latter brought to town by her rival saloon owner Matt Baker (Jack Ingram). Calamity and her aide, Colorado Charley (Lee 'Lasses' White) try to run Gordon out of town, but he outwits them. However he listens to Calamity's story, and decides to back her ownership of the Prairie Queen. Cecelia comes to town, and promises Gordon she will help him see that justice is done, but she is unable to provide the letters from her late uncle that proves Calamity's case. Calamity and Gordon discover that Baker has the letters, and they are recovered after a showdown shootout in which Calamity is wounded. Gordon marries Cecilia and goes back home to Texas , leaving Calamity to mourn her one-and-only true love, Wild Bill Hickok.

The film tells the story of the Baumanns family, who live in Niersdorf, a town on the Lower Rhine that will give way to lignite mining in a few years. Since her husband's death, Marita Baumanns has been running the local, family-owned bakery there together with her brother-in-law Klaus, his wife Irene and their daughter Natalie. The Baumanns want to stay in Niersdorf as long as they can - "until the excavator comes". But the cracks that are spreading through the village community because of the impending resettlement initially reach the business and ultimately the seemingly stable family structure of the Baumanns.