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 | Silent (English intertitles) |
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 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]- ↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Life Line". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Life Line(Wayback Machine)
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
- Lantern slide held by George Eastman Museum
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Categories:
- 1919 films
- 1919 American films
- 1919 drama films
- 1919 English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- American silent drama films
- American silent feature films
- English-language drama films
- Famous Players–Lasky films
- Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- Films set in England
- Films set in London
- Surviving American silent films
- 1910s drama film stubs