Is Life Worth Living? is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Eugene O'Brien, Winifred Westover and Arthur Housman.
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Plot
Released on suspended sentence after being tried for a crime of which he is innocent, Melville Marley becomes a salesman for a typewriter-supply house. Unable to succeed in this venture, he buys a revolver in a pawnshop and goes to Central Park to kill himself. There he encounters Lois, a young girl who faints from despair and hunger on a park bench, and after taking her to his boardinghouse and securing her accommodation, he sets out with new determination and turns in a large order. Receiving a credit extension, he goes into business for himself; and with help from Lois, his new stenographer, a thriving business develops, and so does their love.
Cast
Eugene O'Brien as Melville Marley
Winifred Westover as Lois Mason
Arthur Housman as Jimmy Colton
George Lessey as Lawyer
Warren Cook as Joseph Gordon
Arthur Donaldson as Isaac - Pawnbroker
Florida Kingsley as Mrs. Grant
Preservation status
A copy survives in the Museum of Modern Art archives.