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Bits of Life (1921)
60 min | Drama

Bits of Life (1921)

60 min | Drama

Episode 1: The Bad Samaritan. Tom Levitt, half-breed son of a Chinese and a white woman, is the victim of brutality during his boyhood and becomes a criminal. A friend, released from jail, tells Tom he is going straight and asks for money ...See moreEpisode 1: The Bad Samaritan. Tom Levitt, half-breed son of a Chinese and a white woman, is the victim of brutality during his boyhood and becomes a criminal. A friend, released from jail, tells Tom he is going straight and asks for money to leave town; Tom takes a stolen wallet from another boy. After hearing a preacher tell the story of the Good Samaritan, he goes to aid a man who has been assaulted; facing a ten-year sentence for robbery, he reflects on the irony of his downfall. Episode 2: The Man Who Heard Everything. Ed Johnson, who barely makes a living from barbering, is deaf, but he is happy in the belief that the world is good and that he is loved by his wife. Coming into possession of an instrument that restores his hearing, he learns that the persons he has idolized are not to be trusted and that his wife is unfaithful; in despair, he destroys the instrument. Episode 3: Hop. As a boy in China, Chin Gow learns that girl infants are undesirable. When a man, he becomes proprietor of several San Francisco opium dens and weds Toy Sing, who bears him a baby girl. Chin Gow beats his wife and vows to slay the child. His wife's friend brings in a crucifix sent by the priest, and as he nails it to the wall, the spike penetrates the skull of Chin Gow lying in a bunk on the other side of the wall and kills him. Episode 4: The Intrigue. On a yachting tour of the world, Reginald Vandebrook, reaching a foreign country, falls in love with a girl he has never seen before; he hears her called Princess and follows her into a building. There he is surrounded by East Indians who are about to murder him. He awakens to find himself in a dentist's chair having a tooth extracted. Written by Pamela Short See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Wesley Barry Tom Levitt, a boy Tom Levitt, a boy See fewer	Racing Blood (1954)
Rockliffe Fellowes Tom Levitt Tom Levitt See fewer	Monkey Business (1931)
Lon Chaney Chin Chow Chin Chow See fewer	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Noah Beery Hindoo Hindoo See fewer	Beau Geste (1926)
Anna May Wong Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife See fewer	Piccadilly (1929)
John Bowers Dentist's Patient Dentist's Patient See fewer	Lorna Doone (1922)
Teddy Sampson Actress Actress See fewer	The Bad Man (1923)
Dorothy Mackaill Actress Actress See fewer	Subway Sadie (1926)
Edythe Chapman Actress Actress See fewer	The Runaway (1926)
Frederick Burton Actor Actor See fewer	The Fighting Blade (1923)
James Bradbury Jr. Actor Actor See fewer	Song of the Eagle (1933)
Tammany Young Actor Actor See fewer	Checkers (1919)
Harriet Hammond Actress Actress See fewer	Live and Let Live (1921)
James Neill Actor Actor See fewer	Cameo Kirby (1914)
Scott Welsh Actor Actor See fewer	Whispering Wires (1926)