The Making of a Man

Directed by D.W. Griffith
1911    17mDrama, Short
5.4
A barnstorming company is playing at the village theater and a young girl becomes fascinated by the leading man. There is a dance given during the stay of the company in the town, and the girl meets the actor, who attends. His the old story, her infatuation grows into love. Her father, who has a terrible aversion for actors, becomes almost despotic when he finds that his daughter is smitten with the actor, and his unreasonable discipline causes her to leave home to follow him. The actor realizes that he honestly loves the little girl, and so he marries her at once. Her father, however, forces her back home as she is under age. The actor determines to make himself worthy of her, and his ambitious efforts meet with success. He returns to claim his wife, but is told she is dead, for she was considered dead by her family when she finally left home in search of him. Fate, however, brings them together in a most unlooked-for manner.
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Cast of The Making of a Man
  • Dell HendersonLeading Man
  • Blanche SweetYoung Woman
  • Edwin AugustYoung Woman's Family
  • William J. ButlerYoung Woman's Family
  • Donald CrispActor / Backstage
  • Edward DillonAn Usher / At Dance
  • Gladys EganIn First Audience
  • Frank EvansThe Sheriff / In First Audience / At Dance / In Second Audience
  • Joseph GraybillActor / Backstage
  • Guy HedlundThe Boyfriend
  • Grace HendersonIn Second Audience
  • Harry HydeIn Second Audience / At Second Stage Door
  • J. Jiquel LanoeYoung Woman's Family
  • Wilfred LucasIn Second Audience
  • Charles Hill MailesIn First Audience / At First Stage Door / Backstage
  • Mabel NormandIn Second Audience
 
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