The Way of All Men
Cast & Crew
Frank Lloyd
Douglas Fairbanks
Dorothy Revier
Robert Edeson
Anders Randolf
Ivan Simpson
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Synopsis
After a tornado, several people, including Billy Baer and his girl friend Poppy are staying in the basement of Stratton's New Orleans speakeasy. Because Stratton has equiped his saloon with water-tight doors, the occupants will be saved from rising flood-waters that threaten to break the levee, but they soon begin to realize that their protection from the water will ultimately result in their asphyxiation due to the lack of outside oxygen. Facing their deaths, each person confesses his sins and asks for forgiveness from the others. When the oxygen is almost depleted, members of the group bravely open the doors to find that there is no water outside. Having averted death, most of the occupants revert to their old ways, except for Billy and Poppy, who decide to marry.
Director
Frank Lloyd
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks
Dorothy Revier
Robert Edeson
Anders Randolf
Ivan Simpson
William Orlamond
Henry Kolker
Louis King
William Courtenay
Noah Beery
Wade Boteler
Dorothy Mathews
Pat Cummings
Alona Marlowe
Eddie Clayton
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Trivia
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
Notes
First National also produced a German-language version of this film entitled Die Maske Fällt. Frank Lloyd directed an earlier version of the play in 1922 under the title The Sin Flood (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30).
