Ladies Must Live (1921 film)

Ladies Must Live

Still with Betty Compson (Screenland, January 1922)
Directed by George Loane Tucker
Written by George Loane Tucker (adaptation)
Based on Ladies Must Live
by Alice Duer Miller
Starring Betty Compson
Mahlon Hamilton
Leatrice Joy
John Gilbert
Cinematography Ernest Palmer
Phil Rosen
Production
company
Famous Players-Lasky / Mayflower Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • October 30, 1921 (1921-10-30) (United States)
Running time
80 min.
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Ladies Must Live is a 1921 American silent societal drama film directed by George Loane Tucker and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the last directorial effort of George Loane Tucker and was released four months after his death. Betty Compson stars along with Leatrice Joy, John Gilbert and Mahlon Hamilton.[1] This is one of the few instances where future husband and wife Joy and Gilbert appear in the same film.

1922 advertisement[2]

Considered to be a lost film for decades, a print was discovered in the Library of Congress.[3][4]

Cast

See also

References

  1. Golden, Eve (2013). John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky. p. 303. ISBN 0-813-14162-1.
  2. "Daily Illini" (webpage). Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Jan 18, 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. Presumed Lost at silentera.com
  4. Progressive Silent Film List: Ladies Must Live at silentera.com


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