When a Man Loves (1927)

Directed by

Alan Crosland

Genre

silent film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nobleman falls for a woman from a lower class. Their love faces many obstacles but they eventually sail to America together.

romantictragichopefulmelodramaticsweepingold-fashionedmusic-drivensilent era

What happens

When a Man Loves is a 1927 American synchronized sound historical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The picture stars John Barrymore and features Dolores Costello in the frequently filmed story of Abbé Prévost's 1731 novel Manon Lescaut. The lovers suffer, but the film has an optimistic ending, as they head to America. Manon dies at the end of the novel. The UK release title was His Lady. The film was the third feature from Warners to have a pre-recorded Vitaphone soundtrack. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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