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Bits of Life is a 1921 American film produced and directed by Marshall Neilan. The cast included Lon Chaney and Noah Beery, Sr. For her performance in this film, Anna May Wong received her first screen credit. It is notable as an early anthology film, comprising four short stories: “The Bad Samaritan” by Thomas McMorrow, “The Man Who Heard Everything” by Walter Trumbull, “Hop” by Hugh Wiley, and “The Intrigue” by Marshall Neilan. The four stories were unrelated, shot with different casts, by different directors, and at different times. The poster called the format "The Magazine Idea brought to the screen". The film's tagline was "The Social World! The Underworld! and San Francisco's Chinatown!".
Original Release
09/26/1921
US Release
09/26/1921
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wesley Barry | Tom Levitt, a boy |
Rockliffe Fellowes | Tom Levitt |
Lon Chaney | Chin Chow |
Noah Beery | Hindoo |
Anna May Wong | Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife |
John Bowers | Dentist's Patient |
Teddy Sampson | |
Dorothy Mackaill | |
Edythe Chapman | |
Frederick Burton |
Directors
James Flood, William J. Scully, Marshall Neilan
Writers
Marshall Neilan, Lucita Squier, Hugh Wiley, Thomas McMorrow, Walter Trumbull
Cast
Name | Character |
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Wesley Barry | Tom Levitt, a boy |
Rockliffe Fellowes | Tom Levitt |
Lon Chaney | Chin Chow |
Noah Beery | Hindoo |
Anna May Wong | Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife |
John Bowers | Dentist's Patient |
Teddy Sampson | |
Dorothy Mackaill | |
Edythe Chapman | |
Frederick Burton | |
James Bradbury Jr. | |
Tammany Young | |
Harriet Hammond | |
James Neill | |
Scott Welsh |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marshall Neilan | Producer |