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).
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Stars: Mary Pickford, Owen Moore
Crew: Carl Laemmle (Producer), Carla Laemmle (Producer), Thomas H. Ince (Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
Runtime: 12 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 27, 1911
IMDb: 10
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