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UNITED STATES · 1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
Synopsis
A lost film. Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young clubman and man-about-town, comes in frequently ostensibly to buy cigarettes but in reality to talk to the daughter Jeannette, and he is soon in love with the little shop girl. Leo is homesick for his native France, but lacks the funds to make the passage. Edward, learning of their plight
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United States · Classical Hollywood
Films with Similar Themes
class difference · immigration · romantic love · family sacrifice · coming of age
