Joan and Magdalen are the daughters of a fisherman. Magdalen leaves her fiancé, Peter, to run off to the big city. Joan and Peter marry. Magdalen's return years later causes trouble for the marriage, but Joan and Peter remain together in the end.
Josef von Sternberg
Director, Writer

Edna Purviance
Joan

Raymond Bloomer
Peter the Fisherman

Charles K. French
The Father

Eve Southern
Magdalen

Gayne Whitman
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