Alicia Malone Intro - When A Man Loves (1927)

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Temptations Of The Flesh

Introduction of leading man John Barrymore, meeting Manon (Dolores Costello), en route to life in a convent, in the hit Warner Brothers treatment of Manon Lescaut, the 1731 novel by the Abbe Prevost, restored by UCLA and the George Eastman House, When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Two Innocents

Having met that day and escaped, her from being sold into de facto prostitution and him from enrollment in seminary, Manon (Dolores Costello) and Fabien (John Barrymore) arrive in Paris ca. 1730, learning about one another, in Warner Brothers’ When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Please Trust Me As A Friend

Fabien (John Barrymore), entranced by the beauty of Manon (Dolores Costello), abandons his pursuit of the priesthood and rescues her from her brother (Warner Oland), who’s just sold her into prostitution, in 18th century France, in When A Man Loves, 1927, adapted from Manon Lescaut.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) When We Are Rich

Impoverished after escaping to 1730’s Paris, unmarried Fabien (John Barrymore) and Manon (Dolores Costello) happily pretend they can raise the rent, when her evil brother (Warner Oland) appears, looking to deliver her to a lecherous nobleman, in When A Man Loves, 1927.

When A Man Loves (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Too Frail To Please

Manon (Dolores Costello), having escaped from her brother (Warner Oland), who’s trying to sell her into prostitution, searches for her lover Fabien (John Barrymore), who’s been tricked into believing she left him, winding up in the same Paris tavern, in Warner Brothers’ When A Man Loves, 1927.