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Is Life Worth Living?

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Is Life Worth Living?
Directed byAlan Crosland
Written byGeorge Weston
Produced byLewis J. Selznick
Starring
CinematographyJules Cronjager
Production
company
Distributed bySelect Pictures
Release date
  • June 1921 (1921-06)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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.[1]

Plot

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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.

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Preservation status

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A copy survives in the Museum of Modern Art archives.[2][3]

References

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Bibliography

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  • Monaco, James. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
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