- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1923-01-10
- Director: Clarence Geldart
- Writers: William B. Laub
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Richard Wayne , Catherine Murphy , Winter Hall , Lillian Leighton , Margaret Loomis , Arthur Osborne , Walt Whitman , Philippe De Lacy , Fanny Midgley
- Runtime: min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Wasted Lives (United States of America) , Wasted Lives , Carry on the Race (United States of America)
- Plot: Randolph Adams, a medical student, and his friend, Ned Hastings, have lost their way while on a hunting trip in the north. In a cabin which they enter by chance, Adams' medical skill is called upon to save a sick child. In response to Noah Redstone, the master of the cabin's, question, "Why do you go about killing things when you can spend your time saving human lives?" a change comes over him, and realizing the thrill of being able to relieve suffering, he decides to devote his life to the work. Later he enters the Red Cross service in France,leaving the children's hospital he has erected in the care of a friend. He is reported dead, and his wife is about to accept Hastings' offer of marriage when Adams appears on the scene, having spent some time in a hospital abroad recovering from an injury. Just at the moment his mother is pronounced dead from an automobile accident. But refusing to give her up without effort, he hurriedly puts a new respiratory invention to work and succeeds in saving her life. The story closes with a happy reunion.
- IMDB:tt0177356
Wasted Lives Cast
Clarence Geldart
Director
Richard Wayne
Randolph Adams
Catherine Murphy
Dorothy Richards
Winter Hall
Dr. Wentworth
Lillian Leighton
Mrs. Jonathan Adams
Margaret Loomis
Madge Richards
Arthur Osborne
Ned Hastings
Walt Whitman
Nooah Redstone
Philippe De Lacy
Bobby Adams
Fanny Midgley
Mrs. Hastings