The Way of All Flesh (1927)

The story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.

Directed by: Victor Fleming

Starring: Emil Jannings, Belle Bennett, Donald Keith, Phyllis Haver, Fred Kohler, Philippe De Lacy

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