About Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Maisie Wells, his ambition drives him to faraway places. He meets Torpenhow, a war correspondent, at Port Said, and accompanies him into battle.
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Jacqueline Logan as Bessie Brooke
Percy Marmont as Dick Heldar
David Torrence as Topenhow
Sigrid Holmquist as Maisie Wells
Mabel Van Buren as Madame Binat
Luke Cosgrave as Binat
Rudyard Kipling Story
Jack Cunningham Adaptation
George Melford Director
F. McGrew Willis Adaptation
Jack Cunningham Screenplay
F. McGrew Willis Screenplay
United States 25 October 1923
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