A Man Must Live
Released: January 19, 1925Runtime: 70 min
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)
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Richard Dix
as Geoffrey Farnell
Jacqueline Logan
as 'Mops' Collins
George Nash
as Job Hardcastle
Edna Murphy
as Eleanor Ross-Fayne
Charles Byer
as Clive Ross-Fayne
Dorothy Walters
as Mrs. Jaynes
William Ricciardi
as Cabaret Owner
Arthur Housman
as Tod Cragge
Lucius Henderson
as Ross-Fayne
Jane Jennings
as Mrs. Ross-Fayne
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