Thou Art the Man


1920

Film Details

Release Date
Apr 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Myles Calthrope I. D. B. by F. E. Mills Young (London, 1913).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Suspicious that his employers are diamond smugglers, soldier-of-fortune Myles Calthrope quits his job in the African mines and heads south, where he meets and falls in love with Joan Farrant. Joan, unaware that her brother Henry is in the diamond smuggling business, obtains Myles a position in the family firm. Myles is given an envelope of legal documents to deliver, but when he is searched aboard ship, diamonds are discovered in the pouch and Myles is imprisoned. After completing his sentence, Myles secures a job on the Prescott sugar plantation, where he once again meets Joan, who denounces him as a smuggler. Mr. Prescott, Myles's employer, determines to prove Myles's innocence, finally pinning the crime on Farrant who, on his deathbed, exonerates Myles. Finally realizing that she has misjudged Myles, Joan goes to him and begs his forgiveness.

Film Details

Release Date
Apr 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Myles Calthrope I. D. B. by F. E. Mills Young (London, 1913).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

The Paramount studio records list the character name "Dering" as "Deering."