Beggars of Life
My favorite Louise Brooks Movie.....
Plot Summary-(my view of this movie)
This is a reproduction lobby card advertising "Beggars of Life." I'm still hoping to run across an original (isn't every LB fan??)
If you are unable to hear the music and would like to download it directly, Click Here
Your are hearing an excerpt from the original theme song, "Beggars of Life," a waltz, from the movie "Beggars of Life", recorded in 1928 by the Troubadours. --Lyrics Below--
I was very lucky to win this mint condition 78 record on Ebay thanks to a tip from my very good friend, Decochaser--thanks Sylvia! So, rare and special finds are possible---don't give up!
To see our good friends Richard & Sylvia
One Cool Lady in bums' clothes......
Louise with her co-star and good friend, Wallace Beery, who played "Oklahoma Red"
(photo is from Joe Franklin's "Classics of the Silent Screen")
Lyrics:
My Friend, Decochaser, helped us decipher these lyrics
(ever really try to understand all the lyrics from a muffled 78 record?)
Beggars of life, beggars of life,
Gypsy hearts that are sighing.
For skies of blue, sunlight and dew,
out where swallows are flying.
Each one longing to be led
to a happy homestead.
Where love will cry
don't pass me by,
beggars of life come home.