Beggars of life / a Paramount picture ; Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present ; a William A. Wellman production ; story by Jim Tully ; adapted & supervised by Benjamin Glazer ; directed by William A. Wellman.
Publisher:
Kino Classics,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (81 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (10 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Robert Perry, Roscoe Karns, Edgar Washington. Originally released as a motion picture in 1928. Includes an accompanying score compiled and performed by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. "This is a digital reproduction of a 35mm film preserved by the George Eastman Museum"--Opening screen. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: 2 audio commentaries, one with William Wellman, Jr., and one with Thomas Gladysz, founding director of the Louise Brooks Society; booklet essay by Nick Pinkerton.
Summary:
After escaping her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
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