This Is the Life

Overview

At his father’s insistence Billy Drake heads to the family’s South American ammunition company as an emissary. Before leaving, however, the movie-struck Billy spots a beautiful woman standing in front of a theater and imagines that she is a film star. To his delight, he finds the woman on board his ship, as well as political agitator Count Von Nuttenburg who has stolen a movie camera, thinking that it is a new brand of machine gun. Von Nuttenburg shows the camera to Billy. Thinking the Count is a director, and the ship a set for a movie melodrama when the boat lands at a port torn by revolution, Billy insists that the guns and soldiers are part of the show. Not until he and the girl are seized by the rebels and threatened with death, does he admit his error. By a clever ruse, he escapes from his captors and with the help of Federal troops defeats the Count and wins the heart of his pretty shipmate.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 21, 1917

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Fox Film Corporation

Cast

Jack McDonald,James A. Marcus,Wanda Hawley,Ralph Lewis,William Ryno,Hector V. Sarno,George Walsh

Director

Raoul Walsh

Writer

Raoul Walsh

Cinematography

Dal Clawson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0008671