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

1921-09-26

Genres

Drama

Runtime

60 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Marshall Neilan, James Flood, Lucita Squier, William J. Scully

TMDB rating

10.0/10 from 1 votes