interest story and sympathetic treatment of racial discrimination and son of the god be rather too long and contain some hammy acting and but on the whole remain a fascinating film . story about a chinese passing a white ( rchard barthelmess ) start a barthelmess leave college after be insult by a trio of brainless co ed . he embark on a world tour to discover himself and end up as secretary to a british playwright ( claude king ) . in monte carlo he meet beautiful alanna wagner ( constance bennett ) and they fall in love . but when she discover he be chinese she go berserk in a memorable scene . plague by guilt and love and alanna go into a mental spiral and make a few attempt to contact barthelmess . after his father die he take over the business ( banking . ) and don chinese garb a a symbol of his hatred of the white race that have spurn him . after a san francisco detective tell him the truth about his birth and barthelmess make the decision to honor his chinese father and mother . and i agree that one reviewer here never saw this film . alanna declare her love for sam before he tell her of his recent discovery . and that make all the difference in this film . barthelmess and bennett each have a few scene where they chew the scenery and but on the whole this be a solid and interesting drama . frank albertson be good a the nice college pal and claude king be solid a the playwright bathurst and bess flower have one scene a an oklahoma indian and and e. alyn warren be the chinese father and dorothy mathews be nasty alice . not so good be anders randolf a bennett father and mildred van dorn a eileen . also note the gorgeous blonde to the right of barthelmess at the roulette table . what a stunner whoever she be .