在这部尘埃之子剧情片中,The story is of a youth named Terwilliger who "adopts" Old Archer, caretaker of an estate, as his father. The boy silently loves Helen, daughter of the wealthy owners of the estate. Terwilligcr shoulders the blame for a supposed theft in order that his rival
may not be suspected and in the working out of the resultant complications the true art of Borzage is revealed. A powerful climax closes a mighty story of real people. (Appleton Post-Crescent, Aug. 25, 1923)
Young Terwilliger, an orphan boy in New York City, "adopts" Old Archer, the caretaker of Gramercy Park, after the man is arrested for beating Terwiliger for picking a flower for his dead mother. As Terwilliger grows up, he falls in love with Helen Raymond, a pretty neighborhood girl, but finds a rival for her in Harvey Livermore. When World War I breaks out both boys enlist in the army and are sent to the front lines. Complications ensue.
