Life's a Funny Proposition
1919, English. Directed by Thomas N. Heffron.
Young, introverted New York attorney Jimmie Pendleton is notoriously shy around women. Instead, he spends much of his time embarking on wild escapades with his friend, Herbert Austin. To fund these adventures, Jimmie frequently wires his eccentric Uncle Tobias in Kansabraska (a fictionalized Midwestern location) for emergency cash. Chaos ensues when Jimmie becomes engaged to Herbert’s sister, Mary. Following the engagement, Uncle Tobias unexpectedly arrives from the West. Jimmie is forced into a frantic, comical scramble to maintain appearances and conceal his true, wilder lifestyle—along with his careless spending habits—from his visiting uncle and his new in-laws.
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- 12 January 1919
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Life's a Funny Proposition isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 January 1919. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Life's a Funny Proposition (1919) was directed by Thomas N. Heffron and stars William Desmond, Louise Lovely, Jay Belasco.