Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is
中国青年程桓（理查德·巴塞尔梅斯 Richard Barthelmess 饰）远赴伦敦，希望能够在异国他乡传授佛教教义。哪知道理想丰满现实残酷，抑郁不得志的程桓不仅荒废了事业，还沾染上了鸦片，整日生活在颓废沮丧之中。
一次偶然中，程桓邂逅了名为露丝（丽莲·吉许 Lill ian Gish 饰）的美丽女孩。露丝有着极为凄惨的身世，她的父亲巴汀（唐纳德·克里斯普 Donald Crisp 饰）是一名个性凶残的酒鬼，常在喝得酩酊大醉之后对露丝大打出手。同样悲惨的遭遇让两颗孤独的心越靠越近，终于，不堪忍受父亲折磨
美国南北战争时期，南方庄园主卡梅伦一家原本过着安逸的生活。卡梅隆和斯通曼家的孩子同在一所寄宿学校念书，接触中，年轻的本杰明·卡梅隆（亨利·B·沃斯奥 Henry B. Walthall饰）和埃尔西·斯通曼（丽莲·吉许 Lillian Gish饰）互生情愫。然而不久南北战争爆发。本杰明参加了南方军队，奔赴前线，与北方的昔日好友斯通曼（拉尔夫·李维斯 Ralph Lewis饰）成了敌手。战后，黑人烧杀抢掠。本杰明组织三K党，对黑人进行报复，粉碎了建立所谓的“黑人王国”的阴谋。本杰明与埃尔西这对患难情侣也终于走
The Battle of the Sexes (1928) is a film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Don Alvarado and Sally O'Neil, and released by United Artists. The film was a remake by Griffith of an earlier film he
