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Made on location in Germany during the period of the Great Inflation, Isn't Life Wonderful is a tender ode to the resilience of the human spirit and the all-conquering power of love. Carol Dempster delivers her most moving performance as Inga, a Polish war orphan who struggles to provide for the family that has taken her in, while accumulating a meager dowry from the rubble of a depression-stricken Berlin so that she can marry Paul (Neil Hamilton). Returning to his family, weakened by the battlefronts poisonous gases, Paul invests in his and Ingas future by tending a secret garden which he hopes will provide resources for them to live, and which serves as a powerful symbol of the irrepressible optimism of the two young lovers rising triumphantly from the ashes of a bitter earth. Filled with poignant moments reminiscent of Griffiths better-known classics such as A Corner in Wheat and Way Down East, the rarely-seen Isn't Life Wonderful proves Griffiths flair for small-scale, tender drama. This edition features the original 1924 score composed and compiled by Cesare Sodero and Louis Silvers, arranged and performed by Robert Israel (piano) and Galina Golovin (violin). Isn't Life Wonderful Year: 1924 Length: 117 minutes Director: D.W. Griffith Starring: Neil Hamilton, Carol Dempster, Erville Alderson Photographed by: Hendrik Sartov and Hal Sintznich Music: Original 1924 score Composed and Compiled by Cesare Sodero and Louis Silvers Arranged and Performed by: Robert Israel (piano) and Galina Golovin (violin) Copyright 1923, renewed, byD.W. Griffith, Inc Format: NTSC Produced for DVD by David Shepard From the Blackhawk Films Collection Presented by Flicker Alley
Title: | Isn't Life Wonderful? |
Genre: | Drama-Classics, Silent Films |
Starring: | Neil Hamilton, Carol Dempster |
Director: | D.W. Griffith |
Studio: | Flicker Alley |
Attributes: | Manufactured on Demand, NTSC Format |
Release Date: | 3/14/2017 |
Original Year: | 1924 |
Product Type: | DVD |
Rated: | NR |
UPC: | 889290247339 |
Item #: | 1796871X |
Street Date: | 3/14/2017 |
Original Language: | ENG |
Run Time: | 117 minutes |
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CreditsNeil Hamilton
Carol Dempster
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DirectorsD.W. Griffith