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.
- Data lansării
- 1919-07-13
- Durată
- 55 min
- Genuri
- Dramă
- Regizor
- King Vidor
Distribuție
- Zasu Pitts — Nancy Scroggs
- David Butler — Peter Van Alstyne
- Jack McDonald — Ezra Scroggs
- William De Vaull — Si Whittaker (as William De Vaulle)
- Hugh Fay — Jack Ransom
- George Hackathorne — Tony
- Georgia Woodthorpe — A young old lady
- Julanne Johnston
Curiozități
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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