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The Greatest Thing in Life

The Greatest Thing in Life

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 22, 1918

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Drama, War, Romance

Original Title

The Greatest Thing in Life

Production Companies

Artcraft Pictures Corporation

Director

D.W. Griffith

Description

A lost film. Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young clubman and man-about-town, comes in frequently ostensibly to buy cigarettes but in reality to talk to the daughter Jeannette, and he is soon in love with the little shop girl. Leo is homesick for his native France, but lacks the funds to make the passage. Edward, learning of their plight, sends $1,000 with a note saying that the money is payment for a good deed. Leo accepts the money and he and Jeannette embark at once.