Of the over 30 one-reelers Mary Pickford made in Cuba for Carl Laemmle’s Independent Motion Pictures Company, A Manly Man is one of few that survives today. Pickford plays Lola, a young Filipino woman who falls in love with Duncan (William E. Shay), a Caucasian man sent to her village on business. After Lola risks her life nursing his fever and saving him from a knife attack, Duncan marries her and resists the temptation to return to his American fiancée. Directed by Thomas Ince and co-starring Pickford’s first husband Owen Moore, A Manly Man was later reissued under the title His Gratitude (1914).
Credits
A Manly Man Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Owen Moore
He was 24, 52 years old when he died
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as Norman Duncan |
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Mary Pickford
She was 17, 86 years old when she died
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as Lola |
A Manly Man Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Carla Laemmle as Producer. She was 1 (104) years old when She died
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Production |
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Carl Laemmle as Producer. He was 44 (72) years old when He died
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Production |
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Thomas H. Ince as Director. He was 28 (42) years old when He died
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Directing |
