The Life Line

1919 film by Maurice Tourneur
  • September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Life Line is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt, Wallace Beery and Lew Cody. The picture was based on the play The Romany Rye by the British playwright George R. Sims. The film is set amongst the criminal classes in the slums of London.[1]

Cast

  • Jack Holt as Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye
  • Wallace Beery as Bos
  • Lew Cody as Phillip Royston
  • Tully Marshall as Joe Heckett
  • Seena Owen as Laura
  • Pauline Starke as Ruth Heckett

Preservation status

A print is preserved at Filmmuseum Amsterdam aka the EYE Institut.[2]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Life Line
  2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Life Line

Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.

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