The Life Line

1919 film by Maurice Tourneur

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

The Life Line

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Directed by| Maurice Tourneur
Written by| George R. Sims (play)
Charles E. Whittaker
Produced by| Maurice Tourneur
Starring| Jack Holt
Wallace Beery
Lew Cody
Tully Marshall

Production
company

Maurice Tourneur Productions

Distributed by| Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

Release date

* September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)

Running time

| 60 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

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.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Life Line (film).

* The Life Line at IMDb

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