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Une fleur dans les ruines

Original title: The Greatest Thing in Life
  • 1918
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Lillian Gish and Robert Harron in Une fleur dans les ruines (1918)
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Jeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, a... Read allJeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, a giant of a vegetable peddler, but his unsophisticated ways disillusion her. Edward Living... Read allJeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, a giant of a vegetable peddler, but his unsophisticated ways disillusion her. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young man from home who had spurned Jeannette, now turns up and realizes t... Read all

  • Director
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Lillian Gish
    • D.W. Griffith
    • Stanner E.V. Taylor
  • Stars
    • Lillian Gish
    • Robert Harron
    • Adolph Lestina
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    88
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    • Director
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Writers
      • Lillian Gish
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Stanner E.V. Taylor
    • Stars
      • Lillian Gish
      • Robert Harron
      • Adolph Lestina
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • Jeannette Peret
    Robert Harron
    Robert Harron
    • Edward Livingston
    Adolph Lestina
    • Leo Peret
    David Butler
    David Butler
    • Mr. Le Bebe
    Elmo Lincoln
    Elmo Lincoln
    • The American Soldier
    Edward Peil Sr.
    Edward Peil Sr.
    • The German Officer
    Kate Bruce
    Kate Bruce
    • Jeannette's Aunt
    Peaches Jackson
    Peaches Jackson
    • Mlle. Peaches
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (scenes deleted)
    Ernest Butterworth
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    Carol Dempster
    Carol Dempster
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Emmons
    Louise Emmons
    • Woman on Street
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Malatesta
    Fred Malatesta
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    Lucille Young
    Lucille Young
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Writers
      • Lillian Gish
      • D.W. Griffith
      • Stanner E.V. Taylor
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    • Trivia
      Zasu Pitts was originally cast in a supporting role, but D.W. Griffith fired her because he thought she looked too much like the female lead, Lillian Gish. All of her scenes were cut from the final print.
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      Features Coeurs du monde (1918)

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    • Release date
      • December 8, 1918 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Greatest Thing in Life
    • Production company
      • Artcraft Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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