UNITED STATES · 1919

Better Times

King Vidor
Classical Hollywood family business redemption rivalry gambling entrepreneurship
Synopsis

Ezra Scroggs is a shiftless gambler who has let his hotel, the Lakeview, fall on hard times. Finally his daughter Nancy gets fed up seeing all the business go to his rival, Si Whittaker at the Majestic, and she decides to do something about it.

Year1919
CountryUnited States
DirectorKing Vidor
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