The Man Who (1921)

8.0/10 60 min Comedy Drama

Overview

Bedford Mills, wounded in France, meets aristocratic Helen Jessop at a party given by her father for returning war heroes in his Fifth Avenue home. Bedford falls violently in love with Helen, but discovering that he is only a poor bank clerk she insists that he must first become a man of importance. He decides that, in view of the soaring prices of shoes, he will refuse to wear shoes on the street. Causing a sensation, he is arrested and then released, but all New York reads of his exploits.

Cast

Bert Lytell

Bedford Mills

Lucy Cotton

Helen Jessop

Virginia Valli

Mary Turner

Frank Currier

St. John Jessop

Tammany Young

Shorty Mulligan

Fred Warren

Bud Carter

Frank R. Strayer

Jack Hyde

Recommendations

Landline
SubUrbia
An Irish Goodbye
It Runs in the Family
Hooking Up
Family Weekend
CQ
Somewhere in Queens
The Beanie Bubble
Papadopoulos & Sons
My Own Love Song
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play
A Dog Year
About Alex
The House of Tomorrow
Almost Friends
Breaking News in Yuba County
Don't Think Twice
Class Act
Playing God