Thou Art the Man (film)

Thou Art the Man
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Directed by	Thomas N. Heffron; W. N. Sherer (ass't. director)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky
Written by	Margaret Turnbull (scenario)
Based on	Myles Calthorpe, I.D.B.; by F. E. Mills Young
Starring	Robert Warwick; Lois Wilson
Cinematography	Victor Ackland
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures Artcraft
Release date	May 30, 1920;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Thou Art the Man is a 1920 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. Thomas N. Heffron directed the film which starred stage and matinee idol Robert Warwick and Lois Wilson. It is based on a novel, Myles Calthorpe, I.D.B. by F. E. Mills Young, with a screenplay by Margaret Turnbull.[1][2][3]

This is considered to be a lost film.[4]

Plot

Based upon a description in a film publication,[5] Myles Calthrope (Warwick) is an English soldier of fortune who drifts into the diamond mining fields of South Africa and finds employment with some diamond smugglers who masquerade as feather merchants. When he comes to suspect their true business, Myles is dismissed. He then goes to Cape Town where he falls in love with Joan Farrant (Wilson). She helps him to get a job with her brother, who is also secretly a smuggler. The police arrest Myles in an illicit enterprise of which he has no knowledge, and he goes to prison for three years. Eventually the real criminals are arrested, and Myles finds happiness with Joan.

Cast

Robert Warwick as Myles Calthrope
Lois Wilson as Joan Farrant
J. M. Dumont as Henry Farrant
Clarence Burton as Matt Solomon
Clarence Geldart as George Brummage (billed as Charles H. Geldert)
Harry Carter as Mr. Prescott
Viora Daniel as Fannie Dering
Lorenza Lazzarini as Lucille
Lillian Leighton as Cook
Sylvia Ashton as Chaperone
Joan Marsh as Ellie Prescott (billed as Dorothy Rosher)
Richard Wayne as Tom Dering
Jane Wolfe as Mrs. Prescott

References

The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Thou Art the Man
Progressive Silent Film List: Thou Art the Man at silentera.com
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Thou Art the Man
"Thou Art the Man: Warwick Starred in Average Romantic Drama". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 21 (25): 4869. June 12, 1920. Retrieved April 20, 2014.

External links

Thou Art the Man at IMDb
synopsis at AllMovie
Lobby poster of Robert Warwick in Thou Art the Man
Two stills from the film with Robert Warwick and Lois Wilson: #1 and #2

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[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Thou Art the Man

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Thou Art the Man at silentera.com

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Thou Art the Man

[5] "Thou Art the Man: Warwick Starred in Average Romantic Drama". Motion Picture News. New York City: Motion Picture News, Inc. 21 (25): 4869. June 12, 1920. Retrieved April 20, 2014.