20 September 1924 Drama, Action 60 mins
A railroad engineer adopts a French orphan while he's fighting in the army in World War I, and takes him back to the US when the war ends. Later the boy needs an eye operation that the engineer can't afford, so he takes the rap for a murder he didn't commit in order to get his son the operation.
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Harry Carey as Big Bill Benson
Frankie Darro as Little Bill
Edith Roberts as Nora Burke
Wallace MacDonald as Malcolm Gregory
Frank Hagney as Red Burley
Duke R. Lee as John McFarlane
Tom Forman Director
Hunt Stromberg Writer
Doris Dorn Writer
Sol Polito Director of Photography
Edward Withers Art Direction
United States 20 September 1924
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1924:
01 November 1924
A European adventurer tries to steal from an ancient Egyptian tomb, only to become afflicted by a mysterious curse.
01 November 1924
Maciste takes advantage again of a break of acting in order to wash away injustice and castigate the wicked, this time in the name of dynastic legitimacy.
09 March 1924
This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits water it sinks but they end up on another boat when the dog unties the rope and the kids head off to sea where they must be rescued by the Navy.
01 June 1924
The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to some traveling gypsies, Mary shows up and tells them that her little sister just won a prize at the baby show.
26 November 1924
Clever vamp Eve Quinn has generally had her way with men, while her quiet, deep-thinking sister Cornelia cannot bring herself to deliberately pursue them.
11 November 1924
A young Countess meets a young Count and they share a common interest in fast cars.
31 August 1924
Don Counsel, a New Yorker who is traveling through southern Florida, is being framed by Ernest Riever for a murder he did not commit.
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Industrialist James Sheridan, Sr., once a laborer, insists on moulding the careers of his three sons; however, he loses James, Jr.
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In Mexico a girl saves a treasure hunter from a mutinous crew and he saves her from her gambling husband.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1924 Hunt Stromberg Productions.
