During the First World War, Captain Sam McGinnis marries Florence Lanham, a Salvation Army worker in France. When she mistakenly hears that Sam has been killed, she returns home to her wealthy family without mentioning her brief marriage. But Sam turns up, alive but poorly dressed, and Florence is happy to see him but appalled at his clothing.
Hugh Ford
Director
Thomas Meighan
Capt. Sam McGinnis
Martha Mansfield
Florence Lanham
Maude Turner Gordon
Mrs. Lanham
Alfred Hickman
William Arkwright
Frank Losee
Walter Dumont
Marie Shotwell
Mrs. Smythe
Warren Cook
Mr. Lanham
Albert Gran
Dodson
Isabelle Garrison
Mrs. Arkwright
Halbert Brown
Maj. Gen. Girard
Kathryn Hildreth
Elizabeth Lanham
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