
Synopsis
Engineer John builds a successful life, but his mother’s drinking gives his father-in-law an excuse to separate him from his wife. After a train wreck, he allows himself to be reported dead. Returning years later revives the old attachment inside a new marriage shaped by jealousy.
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- Original language
- No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
- This copy runs
- 63:19
- Subtitles
- No subtitle track in this language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.
Wikimedia Commons · King Vidor · Public domain
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King Vidor used a detailed train-and-trestle model for the derailment, a demonstration that helped secure financing. The available copy identifies some or all of its intertitles as reconstructed.
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Availability checked on September 15, 2026.
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- Lloyd Hughes — Unknown author · Public domain
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