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

William Roselle

Bing Horton

Mary Beaton

Sarah Butler

Frank R. Strayer

Jack Hyde

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