中国青年程桓（理查德·巴塞尔梅斯 Richard Barthelmess 饰）远赴伦敦，希望能够在异国他乡传授佛教教义。哪知道理想丰满现实残酷，抑郁不得志的程桓不仅荒废了事业，还沾染上了鸦片，整日生活在颓废沮丧之中。　　一次偶然中，程桓邂逅了名为露丝（丽莲·吉许 Lill ian Gish 饰）的美丽女孩。露丝有着极为凄惨的身世，她的父亲巴汀（唐纳德·克里斯普 Donald Crisp 饰）是一名...

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Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Fost...

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