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The Making of a Man
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: Dell Henderson [the leading man], Blanche Sweet [the young woman], Guy Hedlund [the boyfriend], J. Jiquel Lanoe [a member of the young woman’s family], William J. Butler [a member of the young girl’s family], Claire McDowell [an actress], Joseph Graybill [an actor; and a man backstage], Donald Crisp [an actor; and a man backstage], Frank Evans [the sheriff; a man in the first audience; a man at the dance; and a man in the second audience], Charles Hill Mailes [a man in the first audience; a man at the first stage door; and a backstage], Kate Toncray [the landlady; a woman at the dance; and a woman in the second audience], W. Chrystie Miller [a man in the first audience; and a man at the dance], W.C. Robinson [a man at the first stage door], Harry Hyde [a man at the second stage door; a man in the second audience], Kate Bruce [a woman in the first audience], Gladys Egan [a girl in the first audience], Grace Henderson [a woman in the second audience], Wilfred Lucas [a man in the second audience], Mabel Normand [a woman in the second audience], Vivian Prescott [a woman in the second audience], J. Waltham [the desk clerk], Edward Dillon [an usher; and a man at the dance], Marie Newton [a young girl], [?] Edwin August?, [?] Walter Hiers?, [?] Walter Miller?
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a story by R.L. Bond. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 7 October 1911 by Biograph Company. Released 5 October 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A barnstorming company is playing at the village theater and a young girl becomes fascinated by the leading man. There is a dance given during the stay of the company in the town, and the girl meets the actor, who attends. His the old story, her infatuation grows into love. Her father, who has a terrible aversion for actors, becomes almost despotic when he finds that his daughter is smitten with the actor, and his unreasonable discipline causes her to leave home to follow him. The actor realizes that he honestly loves the little girl, and so he marries her at once. Her father, however, forces her back home as she is under age. The actor determines to make himself worthy of her, and his ambitious efforts meet with success. He returns to claim his wife, but is told she is dead, for she was considered dead by her family when she finally left home in search of him. Fate, however, brings them together in a most unlooked-for manner.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actors
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Drew-Speaking p. 285; Fussell-Normand p. 243; Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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