Better Times (film)

[3] Produced by the Brentwood Corporation, the film stars the then unknown Zasu Pitts in an early screen appearance.

[4] The picture is the second of four Christian Science “preachment” films that represent a brief phase in Vidor’s output, championing the superiority of self-healing through moral strength, supplemented by the benefits of rural living.

A gambler and procrastinator, he has succeeded in diverting trade from himself to Si Whittaker (De Vaull), proprietor of the Majestic.

In the days that follow, tragedy hits when Ezra gambles away his life savings and the hotel and then commits suicide.

This leads to a distressing situation, not anticipated by Nancy, when she is entertained at a box party at a ball game with expectations that she will meet her "lover."

David Butler and Zasu Pitts look lovingly at each other while Jack McDonald glares in a still from the film