A Man of Sorrow

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A Man of Sorrow
A scene from "Hoodman Blind" (SAYRE 13073).jpg
Dorothy Bernard and William Farnum
Directed by Oscar Apfel
Written byOscar Apfel (scenario)
Based onHoodman Blind
by Wilson Barrett
Produced by William Fox
Starring William Farnum
Dorothy Bernard
CinematographyAlfred Gandolfi
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 23, 1916 (1916-04-23)
Running time
60 minutes; 6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

A Man of Sorrow is a lost [1] 1916 American drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring William Farnum. Oscar Apfel directed and wrote the scenario based on a play, Hoodman Blind, by Wilson Barrett. [2]

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The same material was remade by John Ford in a 1923 film called by the title of its source material Hoodman Blind .

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