| ~Name The Man~ 1924 |
| ~Promotional Photograph from The California Theater promoting the screening of "Name the Man," in 1924~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
This powerful drama, based on the novel The Master of Man, by Sir Hall Caine, was the first time
Swedish director Victor Sjorstrom made a film in America. When her stepfather (De Witt Jennings)
locks her out of the house, Bessie Collister (Mae Busch) finds refuge with Victor Stowell (Conrad
Nagel), who she had met earlier that evening at a dance. They spend the night together and Stowell
decides he must marry her instead of his fiancée, Fennella Stanley (Patsy Ruth Miller). When he
goes to tell his father (Hobart Bosworth), the deemster (a judicial officer on the Isle of Man, where
the action takes place), Stowell finds him dead. Victor's friend, Alick Gell (Creighton Hale), falls in
love with Bessie, but runs home to her mother (Evelyn Selbie) after finding out she is pregnant.
Stowell becomes deemster in his father's place, and his first case is Bessie, who is accused of killing
her baby. Although Gell defends Bessie, she is sentenced to die. Stowell helps Bessie escape from
jail, and she runs away with Gell. Enraged at Bessie's escape, a mob gathers and Stowell admits to
being the man who helped her -- and that he is the father of her dead child. He gets a two-year
prison sentence, but Fennella has forgiven him his transgression, and meets him at the prison
where they are married.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
Swedish director Victor Sjorstrom made a film in America. When her stepfather (De Witt Jennings)
locks her out of the house, Bessie Collister (Mae Busch) finds refuge with Victor Stowell (Conrad
Nagel), who she had met earlier that evening at a dance. They spend the night together and Stowell
decides he must marry her instead of his fiancée, Fennella Stanley (Patsy Ruth Miller). When he
goes to tell his father (Hobart Bosworth), the deemster (a judicial officer on the Isle of Man, where
the action takes place), Stowell finds him dead. Victor's friend, Alick Gell (Creighton Hale), falls in
love with Bessie, but runs home to her mother (Evelyn Selbie) after finding out she is pregnant.
Stowell becomes deemster in his father's place, and his first case is Bessie, who is accused of killing
her baby. Although Gell defends Bessie, she is sentenced to die. Stowell helps Bessie escape from
jail, and she runs away with Gell. Enraged at Bessie's escape, a mob gathers and Stowell admits to
being the man who helped her -- and that he is the father of her dead child. He gets a two-year
prison sentence, but Fennella has forgiven him his transgression, and meets him at the prison
where they are married.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
| Directed by: Victor Sjöström Written by: Paul Bern Based on the novel The Master of Man; the Story of a Sin by Hall Caine (New York & Philadelphia, 1921). |
| ~Cast~ Mae Busch ... Bessie Collister Conrad Nagel ... Victor Stowell Hobart Bosworth ... Christian Stowell Creighton Hale ... Alick Gell Patsy Ruth Miller ... Fenella Stanley Winter Hall ... Gov. Stanley Aileen Pringle ... Isabelle DeWitt Jennings ... Dan Collister Evelyn Selbie ... Lisa Collister Mark Fenton ... Constable Cain Anna Dodge ... Mrs. Quayle Mrs. Charles Craig ... Mrs. Brown Cecil Holland ... Coroner Lucien Littlefield ... Sharf William Orlamond ... Taubman Charles Hill Mailes ... Attorney General Andrew Arbuckle ... Vondy |
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| ~185-136: Acting as the attorney who defends Bessie Collister (Mae Busch), the girl he has loved since childhood, and who is on trial for her life, Dan (DeWitt Jennings) rises to dramatic height in his plea before the jury. Pictured here (l to r) DeWitt Jennings, Patsy Ruth Miller & Mae Busch~ |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation Distributed by: Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Distributing Corporation Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn Cinematography by: Charles Van Enger Editorial Director: June Mathis Script Supervisor: Albert Lewin Length: 8 Reels Runtime: 80 Minutes Released: January 27, 1924 |
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