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    The Life Line

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    This article is about the 1919 film. For the painting, see The Life Line (painting). For similar uses, see Lifeline.

    The Life Line
    Newspaper advertisement.
    Directed byMaurice Tourneur
    Written byGeorge R. Sims (play)
    Charles E. Whittaker
    Produced byMaurice Tourneur
    StarringJack Holt
    Wallace Beery
    Lew Cody
    Tully Marshall
    Production
    company
    Maurice Tourneur Productions
    Distributed byFamous Players–Lasky Corporation
    Release date
    • September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)
    Running time
    		60 minutes
    CountryUnited States
    LanguageEnglish

    The Life Line is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Jack Holt, Wallace Beery and Lew Cody. The picture was based on the play The Romany Rye by the British playwright George R. Sims. The film is set amongst criminal classes in the slums of London.[1]

    Cast

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    • Jack Holt as Jack Hearne, the Romany Rye
    • Wallace Beery as Bos
    • Lew Cody as Phillip Royston
    • Tully Marshall as Joe Heckett
    • Seena Owen as Laura
    • Pauline Starke as Ruth Heckett

    Preservation status

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    A print is preserved at Filmmuseum Amsterdam, aka the EYE Institut.[2]

    References

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    1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Life Line
    2. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Life Line

    Bibliography

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    • Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2008.
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