Blind Husbands, the first title in this Erich von Stroheim double feature, stars von Stroheim as von Steuben, a Prussian officer who pursues another man's wife while the couple is on vacation in the Alps. The second film, The Great Gabbo, also stars von Stroheim as the title character, a ventriloquist who relies on his dummy, Otto, for companionship after he alienates everyone else around him.