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InthevalleyofSilverWaters,apeddlerfamilyhasparkedtheirwagon."LittleNellie"venturesoutintothewoods,andunexpectedlywitnessesahorrificcrime-MartinCainandhiswife(GeorgeNicholsandJosephineCrowell)areragingagainstapoorimmigrantwomantheyhaveobviouslyemployed;and,theyinadvertentlykillthewoman.TheviolentactbecomesarepressedmemoryforlittleNellie.Tenyearslater,LillianGish(asthegrownupNellieJarvis)is,onceagain,travelingthroughSilverWaters,withherailing,widowedmother.Afterhermotherdies("Alifeflowingouttomysteriousunchartedseas."),Ms.GishmeetsRobertHarron(asJimmieHilton),wholivesnearby,withhispoverty-strickenfamily.Mr.Harron'sfamilyhelpsGishburyhermother;and,withnowheretogo,sheacceptstheirinvitationtostay…<br/> HarronisattractedtoGish;and,theybecomeinseparable.Harron'sfatherGeorgeFawcett(asRobertHilton)isunabletowork,duetodisability.PrecognizantmotherEugenieBesserer(asMrs.Hilton)seesherfavoritesonRalphGraves(asJohnHilton)offtowar,believingshewillneverseehimagain.Tohelpoutherfinanciallystrappedsurrogatefamily,GishseeksemploymentwithMr.andMrs.Cain;thememoryoftheirevildeedisstillrepressed.HarronkissesGishgoodbye;then,shemovesinwiththewickedCains…<br/> "TheGreatestQuestion"ismostnotableasRobertHarron'slastfilm;hediedofaself-inflictedgunshotwoundonSeptember5,1920.WhenHarrondied("Alifeflowingouttomysteriousunchartedseas."),thisfilmwasstillbeingwidelyexhibited.And,it'sarepresentativerole-the"boynextdoor"heplayedsowellfordirectorD.W.Griffith.Harronischarmingandnatural,intheroleofJimmieHilton.HisreflectivelookatGish'sdeparture,frombehindhisfence,isjustwhatGishwaslongingforin"TrueHeartSusie"(1919).<br/> RobertHarronwasoneofthefinestactorofhistime;hisrecordofperformances,andactingstyle,portendedagreatcareerinthecomingdecades.Inhindsight,helookslikeoneofthefewsilentperformerscertaintomakeanaturaltransitiontosoundfilmperformances.Atthetimeofhisdeath,HarronhadsignedwithMetro,whereheworkedonanunavailablefilm.ThereseemstobesomecontroversyaboutwhetherornotHarroncommittedsuicide;ifso,itcouldnothavebeenduetoanongoingrivalrywithactorRichardBarthelmess,overrolesofferedbydirectorD.W.Griffith.BythetimeHarrondied,bothactorshadleftGriffith'scompany;and,theyremainedfriendlyenoughtoattendtheNewYorkpremièreof"WayDownEast"(1920).Ironically,"TheGreatestQuestion"isaboutdeath;and,HarronhadarelativelyunknownfriendinNewYork,atthattime,toattendthesame"WayDownEast"premiere-thesoonfamous,andalsoshort-lived,RudolphValentino.<br/> 【来源：IMDB】
