UNITED STATES · 1922
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Classical Hollywood
sacrifice and redemption
ambition versus loyalty
class and wealth
war and disability
romantic conflict
Synopsis
Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to
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