Beggars of Life - DVD

Maverick director William Wellman's silent melodrama, still shocking in its realism nearly 100 years later, starring Louise Brooks in her last major role in an American film.

Crippled by a suspicious "accident," steel mill magnate John "Flint" Dawson (Lionel Atwill) loses both factory and family to his corrupt manager, James Marley. Destitute, the fallen man befriends a blind beggar who introduces him to a life of panhandling. During the next fifteen years, the once powerful industrialist builds another fortune by organizing a nationwide savings union for homeless men. Finally the day arrives when John has e

Hardworking single father Carlos Galindo (Demian Bichir) lives life for a single purpose To provide his teenage son with the opportunity for a better life. Director Chris Weitz (ABOUT A BOY) crafts a powerful, emotional and ultimately uplifting look at the heroic struggle of immigrants in their quest for the American Dream.