The Man Who Played God
(1922) American
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by F. Harmon Weight

Cast: George Arliss [Montgomery Royle], Ann Forrest [Marjory Blaine], Ivan F. Simpson [Battle], Edward Earle [Philip Stevens], Effie Shannon [Mildred Arden], Miriam Battista [little girl], Mickey Bennett [little boy], Mary Astor [young woman], Pierre Gendron [young man], Margaret Seddon [old woman], J.D. Walsh (John D. Walsh) [old man]

Distinctive Pictures Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by George Arliss. Scenario by [?] Forrest Halsey?, from a story by Gouverneur Morris based on the play The Silent Voice by Jules Eckert Goodman. Art direction by Clark Robinson. Cinematography by Harry Fischbeck. / Released 1 October 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was remade with Arliss in 1932. [?] Sherwood-Best p. 176 lists the film at six reels for its 1922 release.

Drama.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Deaf persons - Musicians: Concert pianists - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 14 November 2004.

References: Card-Seductive pp. 92, 94; Schuchman-Hollywood pp. 34, 35, 111; Sherwood-Best p. 176; Vermilye-Twenties p. 78 : ClasIm-302 pp. 6, 10 : Website-IMDb.