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When the Man Speaks (1917)

When the Man Speaks poster
Directed by
E. H. Calvert
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man has something important to say in a silent short film from 1917. This is the fourth episode of a sixteen-part serial about marriage.

early cinemadeliberate pacingstraightforwardrestrainedobservationalsimpleperiod piece

What happens

When the Man Speaks è un cortometraggio muto del 1917 diretto da E.H. Calvert e prodotto dalla Essanay di Chicago. È il quarto dei sedici episodi del serial Is Marriage Sacred?. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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