Overview
This film combines four short films under the title Bits Of Life. The Bad Samaritan is taken from a story in Popular Magazine in which the son of a Chinese father and a white mother is sold into slavery by his father. The boy becomes a criminal and a cunning but cruel thief. The one time he stops to help a lady in distress he is thrown in jail. Wesley Barry is the young boy and Lon Chaney the grown-up criminal.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 14 | April 11, 1994 (86) | |
 | 38 | January 28, 1950 (66) | |
 | 38 | August 26, 1930 (47) | |
 | 39 | April 1, 1946 (64) | |
 | 16 | February 2, 1961 (56) | |
 | 35 | November 17, 1936 (50) | |
 | 57 | October 15, 1948 (85) |