Melia Nobbs, a young Canadian woman, supports both her invalid father Ambrose and brother Henry. When Henry faces arrest for helping himself to his employer's cash, Melia steals the amount from the star of the theater where she has been dancing and offers it to her brother if he will enlist in the army. Henry agrees and goes off to war, making Ambrose proud of his son, but when Ambrose learns that his daughter has been arrested for theft, he disowns her. Melia does not reveal the reason for taking the money and is sent to prison. Meanwhile, Henry fights bravely in France and returns home minus an arm but wearing the Victoria Cross. He finds his sister, weak and worn from overwork, in the prison hospital. Seeing her brother with his medals, Melia realizes that her sacrifices for him and her country have not been in vain, and that in her own way, she has served her country.

Winifred Allen
Melia Nobbs

Richard Barthelmess
Henry Nobbs
Henry Weaver
Ambrose Nobbs

Mabel Ballin
Alice Davis

Sklaven fremden Willens
Sklaven fremden Willens

The Pulse of Life
The Pulse of Life

Mr. Dolan of New York
Mr. Dolan of New York

The Girl in the Checkered Coat
The Girl in the Checkered Coat

A Wife on Trial
A Wife on Trial

The Midnight Man
The Midnight Man

Mother o' Mine
Mother o' Mine

Sirens of the Sea
Sirens of the Sea

The Double Standard
The Double Standard

The Man Trap
The Man Trap

The Price of a Good Time
The Price of a Good Time

The Savage
The Savage