A Man Must Live (1925)

Plot Summary

Jeff Farnell, forced by circumstances to take a job on a New York scandal sheet while he awaits the settlement of his claim against a steel company. Job Hardcastle, the hardened city editor of the paper, sends Jeff to get a story on "Mops" Collins, a society divorcée who has been reduced to dancing in a cabaret. Jeff takes pity on Mops, who is dying of consumption, and takes her into his apartment, telling Hardcastle that he could not find her. Afraid of losing his job, Jeff hunts for a big story, finding it when he discovers that Clive Ross-Fayne, a friend he thought lost in the war, has been arraigned on charges of narcotics peddling. (Pamela Short)

Full Cast & Characters

Richard Dix

Geoffrey Farnell

Jacqueline Logan

'Mops' Collins

George Nash

Job Hardcastle

Edna Murphy

Eleanor Ross-Fayne

Charles Byer

Clive Ross-Fayne (as Charles Beyer)

Dorothy Walters

Mrs. Jaynes

William Ricciardi

Cabaret Owner

Arthur Housman

Tod Cragge

Lucius Henderson

Ross-Fayne

Jane Jennings

Mrs. Ross-Fayne

Director & Crew

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