The Way of All Flesh (1927)
Drama
Overview
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.
Cast
- Emil Jannings as August Shilling
- Belle Bennett as Mrs. Schilling
- Donald Keith as August Jr.
- Phyllis Haver as The Temptress
- Fred Kohler as The Tough
- Philippe De Lacy as August, as a child
- Mickey McBan as Evald
- Betsy Ann Hisle as Charlotte
- Carmencita Johnson as Elizabeth
- Gordon Thorpe as Karl