MoviesPrix

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
When a Man Loves
When a Man Loves

When a Man Loves

To love her meant-disaster...he fought the world and wrecked his life!

Genres

HistoryRomance

OverView

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

Others

Budget

$528000

Revenue

$1037000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

111 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

21 August 1927

Country

United States of America

Cast

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Chevalier Fabien des Grieux

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello

Manon Lescaut

Warner Oland

Warner Oland

André Lescaut

Sam De Grasse

Sam De Grasse

Comte Guillot de Morfontaine

Holmes Herbert

Holmes Herbert

Jean Tiberge

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

Louis XV - King of France

Bertram Grassby

Bertram Grassby

Le Duc de Richelieu

Tom Santschi

Tom Santschi

Captain of Convict Boat

Alice Belcher

Alice Belcher

Minor Role (uncredited)

Eugenie Besserer

Eugenie Besserer

The Landlady (uncredited)

Charles Clary

Charles Clary

A Lay Brother (uncredited)

Marcelle Corday

Marcelle Corday

Marie (uncredited)

Rose Dione

Rose Dione

Nana (uncredited)

Louise Emmons

Louise Emmons

Smiling Hag (uncredited)

Herman Heller

Herman Heller

Himself - Orchestra Conductor (End Credit) (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson

Aggresive Apache (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Jack Kenny

Minor Role (uncredited)

George Kotsonaros

George Kotsonaros

Convict Prisoner (uncredited)

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)

Andy MacLennan

Andy MacLennan

Man Trying to Trick Manon into His House (uncredited)

Ida May

Ida May

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kalla Pasha

Kalla Pasha

Officer on Prisoner Ship (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Russ Powell

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Templar Saxe

Templar Saxe

Baron Chevral (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Scott Seaton

Bishop (uncredited)

Dick Sutherland

Dick Sutherland

Tavern Waiter (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson

A Convict Aboard the Boat (uncredited)

Similar Movies

7.4

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

July 2000 •Chinese

Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life.

8.0

Amadeus

September 1984 •English

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

5.0

Broken Goddess

October 1973 •English

Holly Woodlawn is an aimless, lovelorn beauty in this seventies silent short.

5.5

The Girl of the Golden West

January 1915 •English

A saloon hostess loves Ramerrez, a notorious highwayman. Sheriff Jack Rance, who loves the girl too, instigates a card game that will determine the fate of all three of them. If she wins, the girl's lover will go free; but if she loses…

5.0

Laveata tietä

April 1931 •Finnish

Master violist Anton Lardozo rounds around Europe by performing and spending all his free time in restaurants. While he is visiting in Finland, he leaves with his friend Eero for country and stays in the inn of Harakkala. Lardozo falls in love with country girl named Kirsi but soon one of his lady friends, Tanja, arrives from Paris.

5.9

The Miracle Water

February 1914 •Italian

In this sophisticated romantic comedy, healing waters are the cover for an extramarital affair that “cures” the infertility problems of a childless couple.

6.9

Broken Blossoms

May 1919 •English

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

8.3

City Lights

February 1931 •English

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

7.5

Pandora's Box

January 1929 •German

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.

6.7

The Bounty

May 1984 •English

The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

6.9

Underground

July 1928 •English

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same Underground station. But the lady chooses Bill, and Bert isn't the type to take rejection lightly...

7.5

The french revolution: Years of rage

May 1989 •French

Second part of the revolutionary historical drama, which takes up the events that occurred from August 10, 1792 until the end of the reign of terror with the execution of Robespierre.

8.1

Pride & Prejudice

September 2005 •English

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

7.2

Les Misérables

December 1978 •English

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

0.0

Satan's Bite

May 2018 •English

Made for straight 8's 2018 competition on one cartridge of super 8mm film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. Premiered on may 14th 2018 at straight 8's Cannes film festival screening.

6.8

L'Âge d'or

November 1930 •French

The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.

5.9

Tom Jones

August 1963 •English

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?

6.7

Brotherhood of the Wolf

January 2001 •French

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

5.3

The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection

November 2021 •German

Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.

7.1

The Wild Child

February 1970 •French

In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.