SoulFire (1925)

Eric Fane Richard Barthelmess is a composer unwilling to compromise his dream for a steady job back home in the United States After his studies in Italy he moves to Paris where he is forced to write popular songs for money when he stops receiving support from his father He tires of selling out and after an encounter with the mob starts to travel He begins a madcap journey from Paris to Port Said Egypt and to the South Seas where he believes he has found love with Teita Bessie Love