Life's Greatest Problem

Life's Greatest Problem

NR 1918 · 60 min · War, Comedy, Drama

Big Steve and Little Lefty, a pair of hobos, are happily drifting through life until the First World War comes and enter it and find their lives forever changed.

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton · Written by Anthony Paul Kelly

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