Beggars of Life
is the opening night presentation at this
year's San Francisco Silent Film Festival! The acclaimed 1928 Louise Brooks film,
directed by Oscar winner William Wellman and starring future Oscar
winner Wallace Beery, will be shown on Thursday, June 2nd at 7:00 pm at
the
historic Castro Theater in San Francisco. The film will be shown with
live musical accompaniment by the Mont
Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. More information, including ticket
availability, may be found at
HERE.
Beggars of Life was a big hit in the United States, and was perhaps even more popular abroad. Under its American title, documented
screenings of the film took place in Australia, Canada, China, France,
India, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, and the
British Isles (England, Isle of Man, and Scotland).
Elsewhere, this
motion picture was known to have been shown under other-language titles
including
Bettler des Lebens (Austria);
Meias indiscretag (Brazil);
Mendigos da vida (Brazil);
Mendigos de la Vida (Chile);
Žebráci života (Czechoslovakia);
Žebráky živote (Czechoslovakia);
De Lovløses Tog (Denmark);
Menschen Zijn Nooit Tevreden (Dutch East Indies);
Les mendiants de la vie (France);
I mendicanti della vita (Italy);
Bettler des Lebens (Latvia);
Bettlers des Lebens (
Les Mendiants de la Vie) (Luxembourg);
Mendigos de vida (Mexico);
Menschen Zijn Nooit Tevreden (The Netherlands);
Zwervers (The Netherlands);
Ludzie bezdomni (Poland);
Mendigos da vida (Portugal);
Strada cersetorilor (Romania); and
Mendigos de vida (Spain).
Here are vintage advertisements for
Beggars of Life which ran when it showed around the world.
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| Cape Town, South Africa – 1930 |
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| Calgary, Alberta, Canada – 1928 |
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| Sao Paulo, Brazil – 1929 |
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Paris, France – 1929
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| Warsaw, Poland – 1929 |
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| Kingston, Jamaica – 1929 |
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