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All Man
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4471 feet
Directed by Paul Scardon
Cast: Harry Morey (Harry T. Morey) [?] [Jorn Olsen or John Olsen]?, Betty Blythe [Belle Foliot], Robert Gaillard [Lieutenant Reilly], George Majeroni [Marco Paroni], Carlton King [Morris Sachs], Bernard Siegel [Ryan]
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [A Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by Garfield Thompson, from the short story “Fiddler’s Green” by Donn Byrne (Bryan Oswald Donn-Byrne). Cinematography by Robert A. Stuart. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 28 July 1918 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP12696]. Released 5 August 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Crime.
Synopsis: [From Vitagraph promotional materials] He wasn’t exactly what you would call moral, Olsen wasn’t, but the royal blood of manhood coursed through his veins, and when his life’s greatest crisis came — when it was a question of his liberty or the safety of the woman he had come to love — he took the long chance, and “went up” for five years. / And in the heart of the woman he had protected was implanted the magic seed of love which sprouted and flowered into fullest bloom during the dark days of his imprisonment. / But when he came back — back to freedom, to life, and love — it was she who, curbing her desire, decided that their paths had best separate. The danger, the zest and excitement of the old life was in her blood, while he had felt the call to the path of righteousness. / And yet — they were but on the threshold of a new existence. Fate had set the stage for them — the curtain was rising on the tensest act of their life-drama. And — after the world had turned on him, not for what he was, but what he had been, then he found the one thing he needed was the love of a woman whose love had been tested in the crucible of sacrifice. • Additional synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0062.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Divorce - Marriage - Law: Enforcement: Policemen
Listing updated: 13 January 2025.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0062 : Website-IMDb.
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