A 50-minute silent romance that'll wreck your heart faster than the Titanic.
A Scots-Irish lad comes to America hoping to find his fortune. On the sea voyage he meets and falls for a lovely young girl, but they are parted on arrival. Years later, in the Kentucky town where he has settled and prospered, he meets the girl again, and both sparks and complications arise.
Acting
Jack Pickford's boyish earnestness carries every frame.
Direction
Melford packs a lifetime of longing into 50 tight minutes.
Cinematography
Kentucky locations add unexpected visual poetry.
Director
George Melford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jack Pickford was Mary Pickford's scandal-prone younger brother, making this a family affair of early Hollywood royalty.
Based on Alice Hegan Rice's novel, this helped cement the 'Scots-Irish immigrant makes good' narrative that would dominate American self-mythology for decades.
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