A Manly Man
| A Manly Man | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Mary Pickford |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
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Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Manly Man, later re-released as His Gratitude, is a 1911 short film, starring Mary Pickford.
Cast
[edit]- William E. Shay[citation needed]
- Mary Pickford as Elinor Williams[1][2]
- Owen Moore as Norman Duncan[1][2]
- Isabel Rea as Lola[citation needed]
- Charles Arling as Petro[citation needed]
Plot
[edit]Mary Pickford stars as a Filipina woman who falls for a white man portrayed by William E. Shay and nurses him back to health when he is struck by fever.[a]
Production
[edit]It is among the few surviving Mary Pickford films made in Cuba for Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company.
The film was directed by Thomas Ince, with Tony Gaudio[4] as cinematographer and co-stars Owen Moore, Mary Pickford's husband. Pickford and Moore appeared in several films together.[5]
Release
[edit]On February 27, 1911, it was released as A Manly Man.[6]
On November 23, 1914, it was reissued as His Gratitude.[7]
Rediscovery
[edit]A Manly Man (1911) was restored from a tinted 35mm nitrate film print of the re-titled 1914 reissue version, His Gratitude,[8] with preservation[9] funding provided by The American Film Institute/National Endowment for the Arts Film Preservation Grants Program[10] and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.[11]
On March 15, 2015, it was screened at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Hammer Museum by UCLA Film & Television Archive.[8]
On October 25, 2015, it was screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center during the 2015 UCLA Festival of Preservation, a touring series of ten programs from the UCLA Film & Television Archive's latest restoration efforts.[12][13]
On November 24, 2015, it was screened during the UCLA Festival of Preservation at the Eastman Museum.[14]
On February 13, 2016, it was screened at Cinematheque @ University of Wisconsin Madison during the 2016 UCLA Festival of Preservation.[15]
On April 24, 2016, it was screened at Cinematheque @ Cleveland Institute of Art.[16]
On May 6, 2016, it was screened at the Northwest Film Forum.[17]
On May 15, 2016, it was screened at BAMPFA during the 2016 UCLA Festival of Preservation.[18]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "A Manly Man Cast and Crew - Cast Photos and Info". Fandango.
- 1 2 "A Manly Man". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑ Bertellini, Giorgio (January 15, 2019). The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52030-136-8.
- ↑ "A Manly Man (1911)". Mubi.
- ↑ "Griffithiana". 1984.
- ↑ "Mary Pickford Filmography".
- ↑ "My Best Girl / The Son's Return / A Manly Man". UCLA Film & Television Archive.
- 1 2 "My Best Girl / The Son's Return / A Manly Man". UCLA Film & Television Archive.
- ↑ "UCLA Festival Preservation Catalog 2015" (PDF). UCLA Film & Television Archive.
- ↑ "My Best Girl". Cinematheque.
- ↑ "Preserved Films". The Packard Humanities Institute.
- ↑ "UCLA Festival of Preservation 2015". Gene Siskel Film Center. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Bela Lugosi Film Among Those Restored for UCLA Festival of Preservation". WTTW News. October 1, 2015.
- ↑ "A Manly Man + My Best Girl". George Eastman Museum.
- ↑ "UCLA Festival of Preservation". Cinematheque.
- ↑ "My Best Girl". Cinematheque.
- ↑ "Northwest Film Forum :: Calendar :: My Best Girl".
- ↑ "My Best Girl". March 18, 2016.
External links
[edit]- A Manly Man at Mary Pickford Foundation
- Schmidt, Christel. UCLA Film and Television Archive Project Report
- Schmidt, Christel. Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies ISBN 978-0-8131-3647-9 (full text at JSTOR)
- Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies at Library of Congress Magazine
- A Manly Man at AllMovie
- A Manly Man at Box Office Mojo
- A Manly Man at Silent Era
- A Manly Man at Rotten Tomatoes
- A Manly Man at IMDb