Name the Man
{{short description|1924 film by Victor Sjöström}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Name the Man
| image = Name the Man! (1924, poster 1).jpg
| caption =
| director = Victor Sjöström
| producer = Goldwyn Pictures
| writer = Paul Bern
| based_on = {{basedon|The Master of Man|Hall Caine}}
| starring = Mae Busch
| music =
| cinematography = Charles Van Enger
| editing = June Mathis
| distributor = Goldwyn Pictures
| released = {{film date|1924|01|27}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
File:Nametheman-1924-sceneB.jpg
Name the Man is a surviving 1924 American silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Mae Busch. It was produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures in association with Cosmopolitan Productions.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/10919?sid=42901eff-e4cc-4afc-9966-f7950ba5fffe&sr=3.6220126&cp=1&pos=1 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Name the Man][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NameTheMan1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: Name the Man] at silentera.com
Plot
Arriving home late one evening Bessie is turned out of her home by her stepfather Dan Collister. She has nowhere to go. Bessie is befriended by Victor Stowell, son of the Deemster or Judge of the Isle of Man. Victor is engaged to Fenella Stanley, the daughter of the Island's governor. Bessie stays the night in Victor's apartments. Victor's best friend Alick Gell, tells Victor of his love for Bessie. Victor sees an opportunity for ending his affair with Bessie. Victor's father dies and he succeeds him as Deemster. Later Bessie is arrested and tried for killing her child. The judge trying the case is Victor, the child's father. Bessie is found guilty and is to be executed. An infuriated mob gathers around the prison demanding the name of the man. There are two women who know, Bessie and Fenella who had challenged Victor and obtained his confession. Bessie escapes from prison, where she is awaiting the death sentence. Victor is caught and stoned by the crowd for his share in helping her to escape.{{cite news |title=Prince of Wales Theatre |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58231003 |accessdate=May 19, 2020 |work=Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 - 1954) |date=November 29, 1925 |pages=3}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Mae Busch as Bessie Collister
- Conrad Nagel as Victor Stowell
- Hobart Bosworth as Christian Stowell
- Creighton Hale as Alick Gell
- Patsy Ruth Miller as Fenella Stanley
- Winter Hall as Gov. Stanley
- Aileen Pringle as Isabelle
- DeWitt Jennings as Dan Collister
- Evelyn Selbie as Lisa Collister
- Mark Fenton as Constable Cain
- Anna Dodge as Mrs. Quayle (credited as Anna Hernandez)
- Mrs. Charles Craig as Mrs. Brown
- Cecil Holland as Coroner
- Lucien Littlefield as Sharf
- William Orlamond as Taubmam
- Charles Hill Mailes as Attorney General (credited as Charles Mailes)
- Andrew Arbuckle as Vondy
}}
Preservation status
Name the Man survives in the Cinematheque royale de Belgique in Brussels, Cinemateket-Svenska Filminstitutet in Stockholm, and the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Name the Man |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.634/default.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230074711/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.634/default.html |archive-date=December 30, 2023 }}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Name the Man (1924 film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0014302}}
- [https://trove.nla.gov.au/result?l-publictag=Hall%20Caine%20Name%20The%20Man%201924 Articles relating to Name the Man] at Trove (National Library of Australia)
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Category:Films directed by Victor Sjöström
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Goldwyn Pictures films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films based on works by Hall Caine
Category:English-language drama films
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