Life's Greatest Problem

Life's Greatest Problem
Life's Greatest Problem
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Directed by	J. Stuart Blackton
Written by	Anthony Paul Kelly (story, scenario)
Produced by	J. Stuart Blackton
Starring	Mitchell Lewis; Rubye De Remer
Cinematography	Otto Brautigan (some sources credit George Brauitgan)
Production; company	J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures
Distributed by	Independent Sales Corporation
Release date	November 3, 1918;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Life's Greatest Problem is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton.^[1]^[2]

The film exists today, preserved in the Library of Congress collection.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Mitchell Lewis as Big Steve Reardon
Rubye De Remer as Alice Webster
Gus Alexander as Little Lefty
Ida Darling as Mrs. Craig
Helen Ferguson as Miriam Craig
John P. Wade as John Craig
Eugene Strong as Dick Craig
John Goldsworthy as Frank Craig
John W. Martin as Shipyard Superintendent
Sidney D'Albrook as An Agitator
Bernard Randall as Craig's Secretary
Aubrey Beattie as Wilkins

Production

Filming began under the working title Safe for Democracy.

References

^ "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p. 103 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
^ "Life's Greatest Problem". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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[1] "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[2] "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

[3] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p. 103 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

[4] "Life's Greatest Problem". Lcweb2.loc.gov. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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v t e Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Feature films	The Life of Moses (1909) The Battle Cry of Peace (1915) Whom the Gods Destroy (1916) The Judgment House (1917) Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917) Life's Greatest Problem (1918) The World for Sale (1918) The Common Cause (1919) My Husband's Other Wife (1920) Passers By (1920) The House of the Tolling Bell (1920) Respectable by Proxy (1920) Man and His Woman (1920) The Blood Barrier (1920) The Forbidden Valley (1920) The Glorious Adventure (1922) A Gipsy Cavalier (1922) The Virgin Queen (1923) On the Banks of the Wabash (1923) Between Friends (1924) Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924) The Beloved Brute (1924) The Clean Heart (1924) Behold This Woman (1924) The Happy Warrior (1925) The Redeeming Sin (1925) Tides of Passion (1925) Bride of the Storm (1926) Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926) The Gilded Highway (1926) The Passionate Quest (1926) The American (1927)
Short films	The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898) The Enchanted Drawing (1900) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905) Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) The Automobile Thieves (1906) The Haunted Hotel (1907) A Curious Dream (1907) Macbeth (1908) Romeo and Juliet (1908) Antony and Cleopatra (1908) Oliver Twist (1909) Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) Les Misérables (1909) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
Related	Vitagraph Studios Paula Blackton (wife) Marian Constance Blackton (daughter)