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1921 film

Is Life Worth Living?

Directed by	Alan Crosland
Written by	George Weston
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Eugene O'Brien Winifred Westover Arthur Housman
Cinematography	Jules Cronjager
Production company	Selznick Pictures
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	June 1921 (1921-06)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (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.

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.

References

Bibliography

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

External links

Is Life Worth Living? at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Alan Crosland
Kidnapped (1917) The Light in Darkness (1917) The Little Chevalier (1917) The Apple Tree Girl (1917) Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917) The Whirlpool (1918) The Unbeliever (1918) The Country Cousin (1919) The Flapper (1920) The Point of View (1920) Broadway and Home (1920) Youthful Folly (1920) Everybody's Sweetheart (1920) Room and Board (1921) Worlds Apart (1921) Is Life Worth Living? (1921) Shadows of the Sea (1922) The Snitching Hour (1922) Slim Shoulders (1922) Why Announce Your Marriage? (1922) The Face in the Fog (1922) The Prophet's Paradise (1922) Enemies of Women (1923) Under the Red Robe (1923) Three Weeks (1924) Miami (1924) Unguarded Women (1924) Sinners in Heaven (1924) Contraband (1925) Bobbed Hair (1925) Compromise (1925) Don Juan (1926) When a Man Loves (1927) The Beloved Rogue (1927) Old San Francisco (1927) The Jazz Singer (1927) Glorious Betsy (1928) The Scarlet Lady (1928) On with the Show! (1929) General Crack (1929) The Furies (1930) Song of the flame (1930) Viennese Nights (1930) Captain Thunder (1930) Big Boy (1930) Children of Dreams (1931) The Silver Lining (1932) Week Ends Only (1932) Massacre (1934) The Personality Kid (1934) Midnight Alibi (1934) The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) It Happened in New York (1935) Mister Dynamite (1935) Lady Tubbs (1935) King Solomon of Broadway (1935) The Great Impersonation (1935) The White Cockatoo (1935) The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

Films directed by Alan Crosland

Kidnapped (1917)
The Light in Darkness (1917)
The Little Chevalier (1917)
The Apple Tree Girl (1917)
Chris and His Wonderful Lamp (1917)
The Whirlpool (1918)
The Unbeliever (1918)
The Country Cousin (1919)
The Flapper (1920)
The Point of View (1920)
Broadway and Home (1920)
Youthful Folly (1920)
Everybody's Sweetheart (1920)
Room and Board (1921)
Worlds Apart (1921)
Is Life Worth Living? (1921)
Shadows of the Sea (1922)
The Snitching Hour (1922)
Slim Shoulders (1922)
Why Announce Your Marriage? (1922)
The Face in the Fog (1922)
The Prophet's Paradise (1922)
Enemies of Women (1923)
Under the Red Robe (1923)
Three Weeks (1924)
Miami (1924)
Unguarded Women (1924)
Sinners in Heaven (1924)
Contraband (1925)
Bobbed Hair (1925)
Compromise (1925)
Don Juan (1926)
When a Man Loves (1927)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Old San Francisco (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Glorious Betsy (1928)
The Scarlet Lady (1928)
On with the Show! (1929)
General Crack (1929)
The Furies (1930)
Song of the flame (1930)
Viennese Nights (1930)
Captain Thunder (1930)
Big Boy (1930)
Children of Dreams (1931)
The Silver Lining (1932)
Week Ends Only (1932)
Massacre (1934)
The Personality Kid (1934)
Midnight Alibi (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
It Happened in New York (1935)
Mister Dynamite (1935)
Lady Tubbs (1935)
King Solomon of Broadway (1935)
The Great Impersonation (1935)
The White Cockatoo (1935)
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)

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