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A rough, uneducated but talented young man falls in love with a cultured, wealthy young woman who initially scorns him. He determines to improve himself through education and hard work to become worthy of her. A great disaster, like the Chicago Fire, becomes the crucible that burns away the social barriers between them.
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- Director
- W.S. Van Dyke
- Writers
- Edward Payson Roe, Leah Baird
- Based on
- a work by Edward Payson Roe
- Studio
- Encore Pictures
- Released
- 4 January 1925
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 70 min
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