When a Man's a Man


1924

Film Details

Release Date
Feb 1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 3 Feb 1924
Production Company
Principal Pictures
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel When a Man's a Man by Harold Bell Wright (New York, 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,910ft (7 reels)

Synopsis

Helen Wakefield refuses the marriage proposal of Lawrence Knight, a rich lounge lizard, and advises him to improve himself by developing manly traits. He goes out west, changes his name to "Patches," and gets together some cattle rustlers. He is accused of being an outlaw and of shooting a fellow cowpuncher, falls in love with a ranch girl, leaves her, and then accidentally meets Helen Wakefield in a pasture where he is trying to rope a ferocious bull and she is drawing water. The bull makes for her; Knight lassos it, saving the woman from death; and they recognize each other. During his absence Helen has married and come to the West accompanied by her surveyor husband. Knight's old love flashes up, but having recently developed manly traits, he sets his jaw and departs for another section of the country.

Film Details

Release Date
Feb 1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 3 Feb 1924
Production Company
Principal Pictures
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel When a Man's a Man by Harold Bell Wright (New York, 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,910ft (7 reels)

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