Beggars of Life

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name = Beggars of Life

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director = William A. Wellman
producer = Jesse Lasky
Adolph Zukor
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starring = Wallace Beery
Louise Brooks
Richard Arlen
music = Karl Hajos
cinematography = Henry W. Gerrard
editing = Alyson Shaffer
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = 22 September 1928
runtime = 100 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0018684

"Beggars of Life" (1928) is an early sound film with talking sequences starring Wallace Beery as a rail-riding hobo and Louise Brooks as a girl on the run. Based on a novel called "Beggars of Life" by Jim Tully, the film is often regarded as Brooks' best movie. This is Paramount's first feature with dialogue on the soundtrack and the first time Beery's distinctive voice was recorded for a film, although the talking is extremely limited, similar to Warner Bros.'s "The Jazz Singer" the previous year.

Beery and Brooks had appeared together the previous year in "Now We're in the Air", a lost film.

A copy of "Beggars of Life", blown up to 35 mm from the only surviving 16 mm print, was screened at the 12th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in July 2007.

Cast

Wallace Beery ... Oklahoma Red
Louise Brooks ... The Girl (Nancy)
Richard Arlen ... The Boy (Jim)
Bob Perry ... The Arkansaw Snake (as Robert Perry)
Blue Washington ... Black Mose (as Edgar Washington)
Roscoe Karns ... Lame Hoppy
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams ... Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018684/ Beggars of Life] at Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.leonardmaltin.com/2006-2007Journals/JournalJuly%2007.htm Leonard Maltin's Journal]