Bits of Life (1921)

This film combines four short films under the title Bits Of Life. The Bad Samaritan is taken from a story in Popular Magazine in which the son of a Chinese father and a white mother is sold into slavery by his father. The boy becomes a criminal and a cunning but cruel thief. The one time he stops to help a lady in distress he is thrown in jail. Wesley Barry is the young boy and Lon Chaney the grown-up criminal.

Released Sept. 26, 1921 60 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.lost-film, imdb.based-on-article, imdb.chinese, imdb.prison, imdb.san-francisco-california, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Marshall Neilan Productions

Country: United States
Languages: English