Beggars of Life
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
From the archive
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This picture, about a transient couple fleeing the law, was originally a "Part-Talkie", with segments that had recorded voices. Unfortunately, the majority of those segments have been lost, and all that remains is the silent version. Still, the film is well regarded and has often been thought of as star Louise Brooks' best American film.
Why this is free to watch
Beggars of Life (1928) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Starring
- Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Blue Washington, Kewpie Morgan, Andy Clark, Mike Donlin, Roscoe Karns
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