Ports of Call (1925)

Rich clubman Kirk Rainsford attends a charity bazaar at the home of Marjorie Vail the society girl he hopes to marry A fire breaks out among the booths and everyone is pulled to safety except little Peggy Marjories kid sister Marjorie pleads with Kirk to save the child but he lacks the courage and Randolph Sherman Kirks rival for Marjories affections plays the hero part For Kirks public display of cowardice he is disowned by his father and rejected by Marjorie who soon marries Sherman Kirk drifts to the South Seas eventually landing in Manila where he becomes a derelict When Lillie a fellow drifter is roughly handled in a bar Kirk goes to her assistance she expresses appreciation for his bravery and soon effects his regeneration through her faith in him Kirk and Lillie journey to the interior and they obtain work on a plantation recently purchased by Randolph Sherman During a native uprising Sherman is killed and Kirk saves Marjorie from certain death