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Children of Dust

A TRULY GREAT DRAMA OF LIFE THAT HOLDS-THRILLS-AND ENTRALLS YOU!
Jun 4, 1923 · 1h 10m
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Drama
Romance
War

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Johnnie Walker
Terwilliger
Pauline Garon
Helen Raymond
Lloyd Hughes
Harvey Livermore
Bert Woodruff
Old Archer
George Nichols
Terwilliger's Stepfather
Mary Carr
Terwilliger's Mother
Frankie Lee
Terwilliger - as a child
Josephine Adair
Helen Raymond - as a child
Directed by Frank Borzage

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Arthur H. Jacobs Corporation, First National Pictures
Country
US

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