Ladies Must Live is a 1921 American silent societal drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and released by Paramount Pictures. It was the last directorial effort of George Loane Tucker and was released four months after his death. Betty Compson stars along with Leatrice Joy, John Gilbert and Mahlon Hamilton. It was one of the few instances where future husband and wife Joy and Gilbert appeared in the same film.
Plot
Cast Robert Ellis as Anthony Mulvain Mahlon Hamilton as Ralph Lincourt Betty Compson as Christine Bleeker Leatrice Joy as Barbara Hardee Kirkland as William Hollins Gibson Gowland as Michael Le Prim John Gilbert as The Gardener Cleo Madison as Mrs. Lincourt Snitz Edwards as Edward Barron Lucille Hutton as Nell Martin Lule Warrenton as Nora Flanagan William V. Mong as Max Bleeker Jack McDonald as The Butler Marcia Manon as Nancy Arnold Gray as Ned Klegg (credited as Arnold Gregg) Dorothy Cumming (uncredited) Richard Arlen (uncredited)
Preservation Ladies Must Live is currently presumed lost.Presumed Lost at silentera.comProgressive Silent Film List: Ladies Must Live at silentera.com In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
The Library of Congress Catalog of Holdings lists only the 1940 Warner Brothers film of the same title.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.99 c.1978 The American Film Institute
See also Betty Compson filmography List of lost films
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Lantern slide held by George Eastman Museum