Jerry Bergen

Four convicts escape from a chain gang. Shortly thereafter, changes are made at the prison, because a blue ribbon commission will be investigating conditions there. The changes include steak every day for dinner and stage shows for entertainment. After reading about this, the four escapees plead with the warden to take them back in. Or was this all a dream? (imdb)

A small hobo, caught carrying a violin case, is given the chance to share his talents at a high brow nightclub after the chef, an admirer of the arts, decided to greet the 'starving artist' with a meal, which the boss insists he must pay for with a show. However once on stage, it seems the hapless hobo isn't quite what anyone had bargained for.

A naïve farmer writing songs tries his chances in New York. Unlucky, he is helped by a crooner who lusts after one of his songs. Ignoring the real value of his composition, he sold it for the money he owed to his friends: $200. (imdb)