The Wheel of Life is a 1929 American pre-Code romantic drama sound film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Richard Dix and Esther Ralston. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures.Progressive Silent Film List: The Wheel of Life at silentera.comThe AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Wheel of Life
Plot
Cast Richard Dix as Captain Leslie Yeullet Esther Ralston as Ruth Dangan O. P. Heggie as Colonel John Dangan Arthur Hoyt as George Faraker Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Faraker Larry Steers as Major Regis Toomey as Lt. MacLaren Nigel De Brulier as Tsering Lama George Regas as Bit Role (uncredited)
Music The film features a theme song entitled "Broken Melody" which was composed by Victor Schertzinger. It is sung by an uncredited tenor offscreen and played instrumentally throughout the film.
See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
External links
The Wheel of Life at New York Times The Wheel of Life at TCMDB Still at gettyimages.com