A doctor's love affair with medicine destroys his marriage—then a child's death breaks him completely.
Although renowned pediatrician Dr. Jim Keene loves his wife, Helen, she resents his devotion to his work and finds solace with other men. After the death of one of Jim’s young patients causes him to suffer a nervous collapse, the couple takes a sea voyage to restore his health.
Acting
Frank Mayo's nervous breakdown—pure silent-era physical acting.
Cinematography
Ocean voyage sequences surprisingly ambitious for 1921.
Director
William Worthington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures early 20th-century anxiety about 'modern' medicine and the physician as secular priest.
William Worthington directed over 100 silent films; most are lost, making surviving prints like this historically precious.
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