The Man Who (1921)
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