The Greatest Thing in Life
1918 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Jeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, a giant of a vegetable peddler, but his unsophisticated ways disillusion her. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young man from home who had spurned Jeannette, now turns up and realizes the error of his ways. But he, too, has a great flaw, and only the outbreak of war , ironically, is able to lead Jeannette to a peaceful conclusion to her quest.
Direction D.W. Griffith
Cast David Butler · Lillian Gish · Robert Harron · Peaches Jackson · Adolph Lestina · Elmo Lincoln · Edward Peil Sr. · Kate Bruce · ZaSu Pitts
Screenplay D.W. Griffith · Stanner E.V. Taylor · Lillian Gish
Cinematography G.W. Bitzer
Original title The Greatest Thing in Life
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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