The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
An orphan (Richard Barthelmess) is adopted by Major Buford (Claude Gillingwater) is educated in Lexington and joins the Union Army as a Captain. He rediscovers his childhood sweetheart (Molly O' Day) and after his adopted father dies in the civil war, he gives up his inheritance in Kentucky for the girl he loves and moves back to be to his real birthplace to be with her. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is a lost 1928 silent film drama directed by Alfred Santell and starring Richard Barthelmess. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is a remake of a 1920 Goldwyn Pictures film with the same title starring Jack Pickford, also lost.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Alfred SantellDirector
- Bess MeredythWriter
Cast
- Richard BarthelmessChad Buford
- Molly O'DayMelissa Turner
- Nelson McDowellOld Joel Turner
- Martha MattoxMaw Turner
- Victor PotelTom Turner
- Doris DawsonMargaret Dean