When a Man's a Man (1924 film)

When a Man's a Man
When a Man's a Man
	Still with John Bowers and June Marlowe
Directed by	Edward F. Cline
Written by	Walter Anthony; Harry Carr
Based on	When a Man's a Man; by Harold Bell Wright
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	John Bowers; Marguerite De La Motte; Robert Frazer
Cinematography	Harold Janes; Ned Van Buren
Production; company	Principal Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	February 3, 1924;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

When a Man's a Man is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Robert Frazer.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Lawrence Knight, a millionaire loafer, is rejected by his sweetheart Helen Wakefield because he has never done anything worthy of a man. He goes west and obtains work at a ranch in Arizona. Although at first a tenderfoot, he masters the art of riding and roping and becomes a close friend of the foreman, Phil Acton. After attending school in the east, Phil's sweetheart, Kitty Reid, returns to her father's ranch and, believing that she can no longer endure ranch life, tells Phil that she cannot marry him. Phil becomes jealous of Knight and comes to believe that he is in league with a gang of cattle thieves. During a trip to the hills, Phil is shot in the back and seriously wounded by a cattle thief. Knight is accused of the deed, but proves his innocence just before he is to be hanged. Following the shooting of Phil, Kitty decides that she does love him after all and consents to marry him. Knight buys a ranch and presents it to Phil as a wedding gift.

Cast

John Bowers as Lawrence Knight, 'Patches'
Marguerite De La Motte as Helen Wakefield
Robert Frazer as Phil Acton
June Marlowe as Kitty Reid
Forrest Robinson as The Dean
Elizabeth Rhodes as Stella
Fred R. Stanton as Nick Cambert
George Hackathorne as Yapavai Joe
Edward Hearn as Stanley Manning
Johnny Fox as Little Billy
Arthur Hoyt as Professor Parkhill
Ray Thompson as Curley Elson
Charles Hill Mailes as Jim Reid

Production

When a Man's a Man was filmed on location in and around Prescott, Arizona. Bowers broke his leg in a scene while bulldogging a steer.^[4]

Preservation

An incomplete copy of When a Man's a Man is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[5]

References

^ Darby p. 257.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: When a Man's a Man at silentera.com
^ Morgan, Len (February 16, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: When a Man's a Man". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (13). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 29. Retrieved September 1, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Townsend, Andrew (23 March 2020), "Giving Voice to Silent Film Star John Bowers," Indiana Historical Bureau.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: When a Man's a Man

Bibliography

Darby, William (1991). Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-810-82454-X

External links

When a Man's a Man at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

[1] Darby p. 257.

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: When a Man's a Man at silentera.com

[3] Morgan, Len (February 16, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: When a Man's a Man". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (13). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 29. Retrieved September 1, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] Townsend, Andrew (23 March 2020), "Giving Voice to Silent Film Star John Bowers," Indiana Historical Bureau.

[5] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: When a Man's a Man

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