The Manchester Man (1920)

Directed by

Bert Wynne

Genre

silent film, romantic drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1800s Lancashire, a clerk falls for a merchant's daughter. She runs off with a criminal.

old-fashionedquietbriskdramatichistoricalearnestseriousclear-cut

What happens

The Manchester Man is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Hayford Hobbs, Aileen Bagot and Joan Hestor. It was an adaptation of the 1876 novel The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks. It follows the lifetime of a Manchester resident Jabez Clegg during the turbulent 19th century. The plot has been summarized by Denis Gifford as "Lancashire, 1800. Clerk loves merchant's daughter who elopes with crook." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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