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 film for viewers who appreciate the earnest, slightly dusty sentimentality of late-1920s American cinema. It is worth watching today primar...
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