As Man Desires
- January 11, 1925 (1925-01-11)
As Man Desires is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Major John Craig (Sills) knocks out Colonel Carringford (Nicholson) when he discovers Gloria Gordon (Clifford), his fiancée, has been untrue. Carringford is then murdered by a servant and because Evelyn Beaudine (Theby), a married woman of unsavory reputation, accuses him of the crime, Craig is forced to flee from his British Army post in India. Craig procures a fishing smack and amasses wealth from working pearl beds in the South Seas. He tenders Gorilla Bagsley (Kennedy), a poacher a beating when he finds him annoying Pandora (Dana). She now feels that Craig is "her man" and, to spite the memory of the other woman, he marries her. A seaman identifies Craig and notifies the British government. Gloria comes with the representative who tells Craig that Gloria had sacrificed her own reputation to prove his innocence. Gorilla, intending to kill Craig, levels a gun towards his back but Pandora jumps in the way as it is fired. Craig and Gloria are thus united.
Cast
- Milton Sills as Major John Craig
- Viola Dana as Pandora La Croix
- Ruth Clifford as Gloria Gordon
- Rosemary Theby as Evelyn Beaudine
- Irving Cummings as Major Singh
- Paul Nicholson as Colonel Carringford
- Tom Kennedy as Gorilla Bagsley
- Hector Sarno as Toni
- Louis Payne as Major Gridley
- Anna Mae Walthall as The Duchess
- Edneh Altemus as Camille
- Frank Leigh as Watkins
- Robert St. Angelo as Extra (uncredited)
Preservation
With no prints of As Man Desires located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
References
- ^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: As Man Desires". www.afi.com. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: As Man Desires". silentera.com.
- ^ Waller, Tom (January 31, 1925). "As Man Desires; Milton Sills and Viola Dana Featured in Entertaining First National Melodrama". The Moving Picture World. 72 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 447–448. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: As Man Desires
- ^ "Lost Film Files - First National". www.silentsaregolden.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
External links
Media related to As Man Desires at Wikimedia Commons
- As Man Desires at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Pandora La Croix a 1924 novel by Gene Wright
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