Children of Dust (1923)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Newton Hall

Harvey Livermore - as a child

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