The Greatest Thing in Life
7.2
Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young clubman and man-about-town, occupies frequently ostensibly to buy cigarettes but in reality to talk to the daughter Jeannette, and he's soon in love with the shop girl.
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Cast
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Lillian Gish
Jeannette Peret
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Birth of a Nation
Robert Harron
Edward Livingston
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Billy Bitzer
D.W. Griffith
Also in
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Her First Adventure
David Butler
Mr. Le Bebe
Known for
7th Heaven
D. W. Griffith
Peaches Jackson
Miss Peaches
Also in
Kentucky Pride
Lahoma
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Adolph Lestina
Leo Peret
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Elmo Lincoln
The American Soldier
Also in
Tarzan of the Apes
Alice in Wonderland
Edward Peil Sr.
The German Officer
Known for
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Kate Bruce
Jeannette's Aunt
Known for
Way Down East
A Corner in Wheat
D.W. Griffith Director · Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer Lillian Gish Story
United States release December 22, 1918 · Produced in United States
Production
Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1918
Theatrical
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