- Isn't Life Wonderful
Infobox Film | name = Isn't Life Wonderful
caption =
director =D.W. Griffith
producer =D.W. Griffith
writer =D.W. Griffith Geoffrey Moss (novel)
starring =Carol Dempster Neil Hamilton Lionel Barrymore
music = Louis Silvers
Cesare Sodero
cinematography = Hendrik Sartov
Harold S. Sintzenich
editing =
distributor =United Artists
released =November 23 , 1924
runtime = 120 minutes
language = English
country = USA
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0015018Isn't Life Wonderful is a film, directed by
D.W. Griffith and released in 1924 byD.W. Griffith Productions and distributed byUnited Artists . It was based on the novel byGeoffrey Moss and it went under the alternative title "Dawn". The title of the film was spoofed in the comedy "Isn't Life Terrible " (1925). Most of the scenes were filmed in Germany and Austria. Only one was filmed in New York at the studio. The film also starredLionel Barrymore . The film was also a failure at the box office, and led to Griffith leaving United Artists shortly after its run in theaters [ [http://www.gildasattic.com/dwgriffith.html D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) ] ] The film did receive some positive critical notices at the time, but it's stock has risen considerably since; it has for some decades been considered one of Griffith's greatest films. Most also feel this film features the finest performance by leading actressCarol Dempster .The movie has been released on VHS but, oddly, has yet to see a dvd release.
Plot
A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of
World War I . They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during theGreat Inflation . Inga (Carol Dempster ) is a Polish war orphan who has only accumulated a small amount of money from the rubble and hopes to marry Paul (Neil Hamilton ). Weakened by poison gas, Paul begins to invest in Inga's future and he serves as their symbol of optimism.Cast
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Carol Dempster (Inga)
*Neil Hamilton (Paul)
*Erville Alderson (The professor)
*Helen Lowell (Grandmother)
*Marcia Harris (The aunt)
*Frank Puglia (Theodor)
*Hans Adalbert Schlettow (Leader of the Workers)
*Paul Rehkopf (Hungry Worker)
*Walter Plimmer (The American)
*Lionel Barrymore
*Lupino Lane (Rudolph)
*Robert Scholtz
*Dick Sutherland
*Louis WolheimReferences
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015018 IMDB entry]
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