Thou Art the Man (1920 film)
| Thou Art the Man | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by |
Thomas N. Heffron W. N. Sherer (ass't. director) |
| Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | Margaret Turnbull (scenario) |
| Based on |
Myles Calthrope I.D.B. by F. E. Mills Young |
| Starring |
Robert Warwick Lois Wilson |
| Cinematography | Victor Ackland |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | May 30, 1920 |
Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Thou Art the Man (1920) is an American silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. Thomas N. Heffron directed the film which starred stage and matinee idol Robert Warwick and Lois Wilson. It is based on a novel, Myles Calthrope I.D.B by F. E. Mills Young, with a screenplay by Margaret Turnbull.[1][2]
This is considered to be a lost film.[3]
Plot
Based upon a description in a film publication,[4] Myles Calthrope (Warwick) is an English soldier of fortune who drifts into the diamond mining fields of South Africa and finds employment with some diamond smugglers who masquerade as feather merchants. When he comes to suspect their true business, Myles is dismissed. He then goes to Cape Town where he falls in love with Joan Farrant (Wilson). She helps him to get a job with her brother, who is also secretly a smuggler. The police arrest Myles in an illicit enterprise of which he has no knowledge, and he goes to prison for three years. Eventually the real criminals are arrested, and Myles finds happiness with Joan.
Cast
- Robert Warwick - Myles Calthrope
- Lois Wilson - Joan Farrant
- J. M. Dumont - Henry Farrant
- Clarence Burton - Matt Solomon
- Clarence Geldart - George Brummage (billed as Charles H. Geldert)
- Harry Carter - Mr. Prescott
- Viora Daniel - Fannie Dering
- Lorenza Lazzarini - Lucille
- Lillian Leighton - Cook
- Sylvia Ashton - Chaperone
- Joan Marsh - Ellie Prescott (billed as Dorothy Rosher)
- Richard Wayne - Tom Dering
- Jane Wolfe - Mrs. Prescott
References
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Thou Art the Man at silentera.com
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Thou Art the Man
- ↑ "Thou Art the Man: Warwick Starred in Average Romantic Drama". Motion Picture News (New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc.) 21 (25): 4869. June 12, 1920. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
External links
- Thou Art the Man at the Internet Movie Database
- synopsis at AllMovie
- lobby poster of Robert Warwick in Thou Art the Man
- Two scenes from the film with Robert Warwick and Lois Wilson: #1, ..#2
