Is Life Worth Living? is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Eugene O'Brien, Winifred Westover and Arthur Housman.Monaco p.139
Plot Released on suspended sentence after being tried for a crime of which he is innocent, Melville Marley becomes a salesman for a typewriter-supply house. Unable to succeed in this venture, he buys a revolver in a pawnshop and goes to Central Park to kill himself. There he encounters Lois, a young girl who faints from despair and hunger on a park bench, and after taking her to his boardinghouse and securing her accommodation, he sets out with new determination and turns in a large order. Receiving a credit extension, he goes into business for himself; and with help from Lois, his new stenographer, a thriving business develops, and so does their love.
Cast Eugene O'Brien as Melville Marley Winifred Westover as Lois Mason Arthur Housman as Jimmy Colton George Lessey as Lawyer Warren Cook as Joseph Gordon Arthur Donaldson as Isaac - Pawnbroker Florida Kingsley as Mrs. Grant
Preservation status A copy survives in the Museum of Modern Art archives.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Is Life Worth Living?Is Life Worth Living? at silentera.com
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Bibliography Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
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