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Beggars of Life
Beggars of Life is a 1928 American part-talkie sound film that was directed by William Wellman. The film stars Wallace Beery and Richard Arlen as hobos, and Louise Brooks as a young woman who dresses as a young man and flees the law.
Although the film featured sequences with audible dialogue, the majority of the film had a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film was released on both sound-on-disc and sound-on-film formats. Currently circulating are mute prints from the sound-on-disc version. The majority of the sound discs (except for the first reel) are believed to be lost.
Brooks recounted her memories of working on the film in her 1982 book, Lulu in Hollywood. The film is regarded as Brooks's best American movie.[page needed]
Fleeing from the horror of her home life, Nancy, an orphan raised by a brutal foster father, kills the man in a moment of panic and self-defense. She is soon discovered by Jim, a young drifter and hobo, who stumbles upon the scene. Though initially reluctant, Jim agrees to help Nancy escape, and she disguises herself in boy's clothes to pass unnoticed.
Their flight leads them onto a freight train, but they are thrown off by a brakeman. Injured and hungry — Nancy suffering a twisted ankle—the pair finds refuge in a hobo encampment where two dominant figures, Arkansaw Snake and Oklahoma Red, are locked in a power struggle for control of the vagabond group.
Arkansaw Snake quickly suspects Nancy's true gender, but Jim forestalls any attempt to harm her by publicly displaying a police handbill with her photograph, warning the others she is wanted and must not be touched. Tension erupts in the camp as Snake tries to assert authority, but Oklahoma Red, rough and commanding, overrides Snake's orders and takes control, allowing the pair to remain.
Before conflict can escalate further, a police raid breaks up the camp, and the hoboes scatter. Jim, Nancy, and several others—including Black Mose, a gentle giant, and Lame Hoppy, a sickly tramp—manage to board another train and continue their journey. While on board, Oklahoma Red tries to dispose of Jim, seeing him as a rival, but Nancy cleverly intervenes and turns the tables, sparking a fight between Red and Snake. In the melee, Jim seizes Red's revolver and holds him off. Again, police break up the group, scattering the hoboes.
Now isolated, Jim, Nancy, Black Mose, and the ailing tramp take refuge in a remote shack. Red reappears, unexpectedly bearing women's clothing and an automobile, offering Nancy a real chance at escape. Jim and Nancy flee together in the car. Back at the shack, the sick tramp dies. In a final act of redemption, Red places Nancy's discarded garments on the corpse, hides the body in a lumber car, and sets it aflame—staging the scene so that the police will believe Nancy has perished in the fire. The ruse works: when detectives arrive, they assume Nancy is dead.
Beggars of Life
Beggars of Life is a 1928 American part-talkie sound film that was directed by William Wellman. The film stars Wallace Beery and Richard Arlen as hobos, and Louise Brooks as a young woman who dresses as a young man and flees the law.
Although the film featured sequences with audible dialogue, the majority of the film had a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The film was released on both sound-on-disc and sound-on-film formats. Currently circulating are mute prints from the sound-on-disc version. The majority of the sound discs (except for the first reel) are believed to be lost.
Brooks recounted her memories of working on the film in her 1982 book, Lulu in Hollywood. The film is regarded as Brooks's best American movie.[page needed]
Fleeing from the horror of her home life, Nancy, an orphan raised by a brutal foster father, kills the man in a moment of panic and self-defense. She is soon discovered by Jim, a young drifter and hobo, who stumbles upon the scene. Though initially reluctant, Jim agrees to help Nancy escape, and she disguises herself in boy's clothes to pass unnoticed.
Their flight leads them onto a freight train, but they are thrown off by a brakeman. Injured and hungry — Nancy suffering a twisted ankle—the pair finds refuge in a hobo encampment where two dominant figures, Arkansaw Snake and Oklahoma Red, are locked in a power struggle for control of the vagabond group.
Arkansaw Snake quickly suspects Nancy's true gender, but Jim forestalls any attempt to harm her by publicly displaying a police handbill with her photograph, warning the others she is wanted and must not be touched. Tension erupts in the camp as Snake tries to assert authority, but Oklahoma Red, rough and commanding, overrides Snake's orders and takes control, allowing the pair to remain.
Before conflict can escalate further, a police raid breaks up the camp, and the hoboes scatter. Jim, Nancy, and several others—including Black Mose, a gentle giant, and Lame Hoppy, a sickly tramp—manage to board another train and continue their journey. While on board, Oklahoma Red tries to dispose of Jim, seeing him as a rival, but Nancy cleverly intervenes and turns the tables, sparking a fight between Red and Snake. In the melee, Jim seizes Red's revolver and holds him off. Again, police break up the group, scattering the hoboes.
Now isolated, Jim, Nancy, Black Mose, and the ailing tramp take refuge in a remote shack. Red reappears, unexpectedly bearing women's clothing and an automobile, offering Nancy a real chance at escape. Jim and Nancy flee together in the car. Back at the shack, the sick tramp dies. In a final act of redemption, Red places Nancy's discarded garments on the corpse, hides the body in a lumber car, and sets it aflame—staging the scene so that the police will believe Nancy has perished in the fire. The ruse works: when detectives arrive, they assume Nancy is dead.
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