Better Times

Better Times (1919)

Ezra Scroggs is a shiftless gambler who has let his hotel, the Lakeview, fall on hard times. Finally his daughter Nancy gets fed up seeing all the business go to his rival, Si Whittaker at the Majestic, and she decides to do something about it.

Erscheinungsdatum
1919-07-13
Laufzeit
55 Min.
Genres
Drama
Regie
King Vidor

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Better Times is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by King Vidor. A print survives in the Filmmuseum Nederlands. Produced by the Brentwood Corporation, the film stars the then unknown ZaSu Pitts in an early screen appearance.

Production

With the cooperation of the manager of the Chicago Cubs, Fred Mitchell, and business manager of the Los Angeles Baseball Club, Jim Morley, King Vidor shot several scenes of the Angels vs. Cubs game at Washington Park. The school scenes were shot in Oak Knoll, Pasadena, with the help of a "Mr. Wallenstein," who lent the use of his winter home for the picture.

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