Manon Lescaut
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Herbert Hall Winslow
Lina Cavalieri
Lucien Muratore
Dorothy Arthur
W. L. Abingdon
Charles Hammond
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On her way to a convent, Manon Lescaut defies her father's wishes that she become a nun by eloping to Paris with the Chevalier des Grieux. In Paris, the Count de Bretigny becomes infatuated with Manon and bribes her maid Fifine to tell her that des Grieux has deserted her, although, in fact, he has been kidnapped by the count. Manon becomes the count's mistress and, when des Grieux returns, he becomes disillusioned and turns to the priesthood. Manon interrupts his ordination by telling him of the count's treachery, but the count has his men abduct her. Des Grieux rescues her, after which they are separated again, eventually reaching New Orleans separately where further impediments to their happiness force them to flee into the forest. Manon dies of hunger and exposure and, after burying her, des Grieux is found dead, lying on her grave.
Director
Herbert Hall Winslow
Cast
Lina Cavalieri
Lucien Muratore
Dorothy Arthur
W. L. Abingdon
Charles Hammond
Frank H. Westerton
Henry Weaver
Frank Hardy
H. L. Winslow
Cecil Walter
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Contemporary sources list location shooting in Amiens, Paris, and Le Havre, France. Among the many other film versions of the Abbé Prévost novel are: the 1926 German production Manon Lescaut, starring Lya de Putti and directed by Arthur Robison; the 1927 Warner Bros. film When a Man Loves, starring John Barrymore and Dolores Costello and directed by Alan Crosland (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.6230); the 1949 French film Manon, starring Cécile Aubry and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot; and the 1968 international co-production Manon '70, starring Catherine Deneuve and directed by Jean Aurel.
