A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Cup of Life
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Rowland V. Lee

Cast: Hobart Bosworth [‘Bully’ Brand], Madge Bellamy [Pain], Tully Marshall [Chan Chang], Niles Welch [?] [Roy Bradley or Warren Bradford]?, Monte Collins [Larry Donovan], May Wallace [Mollie]

Thomas H. Ince Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Associated Producers, Incorporated. / Scenario by Joseph Franklin Poland, from a screen story by Carey Wilson. Production supervised by Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by J.O. Taylor [?] + [G.O. Post]? Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / © 24 August 1921 by Thomas H. Ince Productions, Incorporated [LP16890]. Released 7 August 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: China: Singapore - Chinese - Criminals: Smugglers (Pearl)

Listing updated: 5 November 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0868; Drew-Speaking pp. 16, 273 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.