The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)

December. 22,1918

7.1

| Drama Romance War

A lost film. Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young clubman and man-about-town, comes in frequently ostensibly to buy cigarettes but in reality to talk to the daughter Jeannette, and he is soon in love with the little shop girl. Leo is homesick for his native France, but lacks the funds to make the passage. Edward, learning of their plight, sends $1,000 with a note saying that the money is payment for a good deed. Leo accepts the money and he and Jeannette embark at once.

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Cast

Lillian Gish as Jeannette Peret

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Robert Harron as Edward Livingston

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David Butler as Mr. Le Bebe

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Reviews

Stometer

1918/12/22

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Fairaher

1918/12/23

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Rio Hayward

1918/12/24

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Bob

1918/12/25

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.