Maybe I should give this movie another try when I can find it in a better print but somehow I thought it would make it much better. The dramatic and adventurous story is actually quite nice when Louise Brooks and Richard Arlen meet and decide to flee to Canada together. You immediately see there is growing something lovely between them. The strongest scene was when Nancy was telling Jim about what her stepfather tried to do to her. An attempted rape, it must have been quite something in the 1920s. But once our lovely couple runs into the hobos the movie becomes a lot less interesting. Often I was wondering what was going on and what the point was of some scenes. The trial scene and than the fight after it I thought were rather boring and silly. The train sequences were nice but it couldn't beat the strong first part of the movie. A satisfying end however.
Review of Beggars of Life
