The Manchester Man (film)
| The Manchester Man | |
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 Cover of the first edition of The Manchester Man | |
| Directed by | Bert Wynne |
| Written by | Isabella Banks (novel) Eliot Stannard |
| Starring | Hayford Hobbs Aileen Bagot Joan Hester Warwick Ward |
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| Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Manchester Man is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Hayford Hobbs, Aileen Bagot and Joan Hestor.[1] It was an adaptation of the 1876 novel The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks. It follows the lifetime of a Manchester resident Jabez Clegg during the turbulent 19th century.
The plot has been summarized by Denis Gifford as "Lancashire, 1800. Clerk loves merchant's daughter who elopes with crook."[2]
Cast
[edit]- Hayford Hobbs - Jabez Clegg
- Aileen Bagot - Augusta Ashton
- Joan Hestor - Bess Clegg
- Warwick Ward - Captain Aspinall
- A. Harding Steerman - Mr Ashton
- Dora De Winton - Mrs Ashton
- Hubert Willis - Simon Clegg
- William Burchill - Reverend Jotty Brooks
- Charles Pelly - Kit
- Cecil Calvert - Man of Affairs
References
[edit]- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The MANCHESTER MAN (1920)". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "The Manchester Man" in Denis Gifford, British Film Catalogue: Volume 1, the Fiction Film (2016)
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- 1920 films
- Films directed by Bert Wynne
- 1920 drama films
- Silent British drama films
- Ideal Film Company films
- Films based on British novels
- Films set in England
- Films set in Manchester
- British silent feature films
- Films shot in Greater Manchester
- British black-and-white films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s British films
- English-language drama films
- 1920s British film stubs
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