Kino Lorber: New 2K Restoration of Beggars of Life Heading to U.S. Theaters
HomeKino Lorber: New 2K Restoration of Beggars of Life Heading to U.S. Theaters
Posted November 3, 2016 05:11 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber that they will promote a new 2K restoration of director William A. Wellman's film Beggars of Life (1928), starring Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Blue Washington, Kewpie Morgan, Andy Clark, Mike Donlin, Robert Brower, and Roscoe Karns.
The new 2K restoration was completed from materials held in the archives of the Library of Congress, and will be distributed theatrrically by Kino Lorber Repertory.
A Blu-ray release is expected to be announced next year.
Louise Brooks has become a legend of cinema who continues to fascinate and Beggars of Life showcases her timeless beauty, her striking modernity, and the depth of her talent. While costar Wallace Beery receives top billing, it is Brooks who captivates the camera and captures our imagination.
The scenario for Beggars of Life is based on the 1924 autobiographical novel by Jim Tully, a writer called "the missing link between Jack London and Jack Kerouac" by one of his biographers. Tully spent several years of his childhood in an orphanage and, when he was twelve, worked for a farmer who abused him, perhaps planting the seeds for this story of escape and survival riding the rails. Dubbed the "Hobo Writer" because of his knockabout past, Tully held a wide variety of jobs, including as a publicist for Charlie Chaplin, before becoming an acclaimed writer for Vanity Fair and H.L. Mencken's American Mercury.
Louise Brooks, in her best American film, is luminous as a freight-train hopping runaway who dresses in a flat cap and trousers to escape capture by the police. She joins up with young vagabond Richard Arlen, and along the way they encounter a hobo encampment and its charismatic leader, played by Wallace Beery in a performance that Brooks later called "a little masterpiece." William A. Wellman, whose WINGS (1927) had just won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture, directs with nuance and grace. (San Francisco Silent Film Festival).
The new 2K restoration was completed from materials held in the archives of the Library of Congress, and will be distributed theatrrically by Kino Lorber Repertory.
A Blu-ray release is expected to be announced next year.
Louise Brooks has become a legend of cinema who continues to fascinate and Beggars of Life showcases her timeless beauty, her striking modernity, and the depth of her talent. While costar Wallace Beery receives top billing, it is Brooks who captivates the camera and captures our imagination.
The scenario for Beggars of Life is based on the 1924 autobiographical novel by Jim Tully, a writer called "the missing link between Jack London and Jack Kerouac" by one of his biographers. Tully spent several years of his childhood in an orphanage and, when he was twelve, worked for a farmer who abused him, perhaps planting the seeds for this story of escape and survival riding the rails. Dubbed the "Hobo Writer" because of his knockabout past, Tully held a wide variety of jobs, including as a publicist for Charlie Chaplin, before becoming an acclaimed writer for Vanity Fair and H.L. Mencken's American Mercury.
Louise Brooks, in her best American film, is luminous as a freight-train hopping runaway who dresses in a flat cap and trousers to escape capture by the police. She joins up with young vagabond Richard Arlen, and along the way they encounter a hobo encampment and its charismatic leader, played by Wallace Beery in a performance that Brooks later called "a little masterpiece." William A. Wellman, whose WINGS (1927) had just won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Picture, directs with nuance and grace. (San Francisco Silent Film Festival).
