Overview
The story of Jewish financier Stephen Field and his daughter Esther. Having survived a European massacre years before that claimed his wife and son, Stephen takes immense pleasure in philanthropic work at a community service center in the U.S. while Esther entertains returning soldiers in a canteen. At the canteen, Esther meets Robert Graham, who because of a war wound suffers from fainting spells, and he falls in love with her. William Morris, a brilliant Jewish surgeon also courts Esther; and the men vie for her affection. When Graham loses control of his car due to a fainting spell suffering grave injury, Morris is the only person who can save his life.
Director and cast
- Edith Taliaferro as Esther Field
- Paul Panzer as Stephen Field (20 years earlier)
- Coit Albertson as Dr. William Morris
- Gladden James as Robert E. Graham Jr.
- Frank Burbeck as Stephen Field
- Herbert Fortier as Robert E. Graham Sr.
- Elizabeth Garrison as Mrs. Robert Graham
- Edith Stockton as Dorothy Graham
- Elizabeth Kennedy as The kid
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