Is Life Worth Living?
Cast & Crew
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Alan Crosland
Director
Eugene O'brien
Melville Marley
Winifred Westover
Lois Wilday
Arthur Housman
Colton
George Lessey
Lawyer
Warren Cook
Mr. Borden
Film Details
Release Date
Jun
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Selznick Pictures
Distribution Company
Select Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Open Door," by George Weston in Saturday Evening Post (8 Jan 1921).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 6m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,039ft
(5 reels)
Synopsis
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 the aid of Lois, his new stenographer, a thriving business develops. Inevitably, love comes to them.
Director
Alan Crosland
Director
Cast
Eugene O'brien
Melville Marley
Winifred Westover
Lois Wilday
Arthur Housman
Colton
George Lessey
Lawyer
Warren Cook
Mr. Borden
Arthur Donaldson
Isaac
Florida Kingsley
Mrs. Grant
Film Details
Release Date
Jun
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Selznick Pictures
Distribution Company
Select Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Open Door," by George Weston in Saturday Evening Post (8 Jan 1921).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 6m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,039ft
(5 reels)
