Ladies Must Live (1921)
Schooled by her wealthy brother-in-law William Hollins, Christine Bleeker plans to marry Ralph Lincourt when he is divorced. He, however, is equally pursued by Nancy Barron, whom Christine dislikes. Ned Klegg loves social secretary Barbara, and resents the attention paid her by Barron, Nancy's elderly husband. Nell Martin, a servant in the Hollins home, is in love with the gardener but is persecuted by the butler. Aviator Mulvain and his mechanic Le Prim arrive, and Le Prim absconds with Nancy in an auto, pursued by Mulvain and Christine, who force him to release her. Christine announces her engagement to Mulvain, who declares he is a poor man. In the resulting commotion, it transpires that Nell, threatened with exposure, has drowned herself. The shock brings a change of emotion: Barbara rejects Barron and accepts Klegg, and Christine accepts Mulvain, content to share his poverty. Considered a lost film.
Director: George Loane Tucker
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Robert Ellis as Anthony Mulvain |
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Mahlon Hamilton as Ralph Lincourt |
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Betty Compson as Christine Bleeker |
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Leatrice Joy as Barbara |
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Hardee Kirkland as William Hollins |
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Gibson Gowland as Michael Le Prim |
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John Gilbert as The Gardener |
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Cleo Madison as Mrs. Lincourt |
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Snitz Edwards as Edward Barron |
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Lucille Hutton as Nell Martin |
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Lule Warrenton as Nora Flanagan |
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William V. Mong as Max Bleeker |
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Jack McDonald as The Butler |
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Marcia Manon as Nancy |
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Arnold Gray as Ned Klegg |
| Directing | George Loane Tucker | Director |
| Writing | Alice Duer Miller | Novel |
| Writing | George Loane Tucker | Writer |
| Camera | Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Phil Rosen | Director of Photography |
