Drama · United States of America · 1921 · 1h 0m

Bits of Life

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Director
William J. ScullyMarshall NeilanJames Flood
Cast
Wesley Barry as Tom Levitt, a boy Rockliffe Fellowes as Tom Levitt Lon Chaney as Chin Chow Noah Beery as Hindoo Anna May Wong as Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife John Bowers as Dentist's Patient
Crew
Lucita Squier — Screenplay Thomas McMorrow — Story Marshall Neilan — Story Hugh Wiley — Story Walter Trumbull — Story
Synopsis

This film combines four short films under the title Bits Of Life. The Bad Samaritan is taken from a story in Popular Magazine in which the son of a Chinese father and a white mother is sold into slavery by his father. The boy becomes a criminal and a cunning but cruel thief. The one time he stops to help a lady in distress he is thrown in jail. Wesley Barry is the young boy and Lon Chaney the grown-up criminal.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
William J. Scully Director Marshall Neilan Director James Flood Director Lucita Squier Screenplay Thomas McMorrow Story Marshall Neilan Story Hugh Wiley Story Walter Trumbull Story
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