| Is Life Worth Living? | |
| Producer: | Lewis J. Selznick |
| Cinematography: | Jules Cronjager |
| Studio: | Selznick Pictures |
| Distributor: | Select Pictures |
| Runtime: | 66 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.[1]
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.
A copy survives in the Museum of Modern Art archives.[2] [3]