The Life Line
| The Life Line | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement. | |
| Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
| Written by | George R. Sims (play) Charles E. Whittaker |
| Produced by | Maurice Tourneur |
| Starring | Jack Holt Wallace Beery Lew Cody Tully Marshall |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]A print is preserved at Filmmuseum Amsterdam aka the EYE Institut.[2]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Life Line (film).
- The Life Line at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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- 1919 films
- 1919 drama films
- Silent American drama films
- 1910s English-language films
- Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- American silent feature films
- Films set in London
- Films set in England
- American films based on plays
- American black-and-white films
- 1910s American films
- English-language drama films
- 1910s drama film stubs