| A Manly Man | |
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| Directed by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Mary Pickford |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Manly Man, later re-released as His Gratitude, is a 1911 short film, starring Mary Pickford.
Mary Pickford stars as a Filipina woman who falls for a white man portrayed by William E. Shay and nurses him back to health when he is struck by fever. [a]
It is among the few surviving Mary Pickford films made in Cuba for Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company.
The film was directed by Thomas Ince, with Tony Gaudio [4] as cinematographer and co-stars Owen Moore, Mary Pickford's husband. Pickford and Moore appeared in several films together. [5]
On February 27, 1911, it was released as A Manly Man. [6]
On November 23, 1914, it was reissued as His Gratitude. [7]
A Manly Man (1911) was restored from a tinted 35mm nitrate film print of the re-titled 1914 reissue version, His Gratitude, [8] with preservation [9] funding provided by The American Film Institute/National Endowment for the Arts Film Preservation Grants Program [10] and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. [11]
On March 15, 2015, it was screened at the Billy Wilder Theater in the Hammer Museum by UCLA Film & Television Archive. [8]
On October 25, 2015, it was screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center during the 2015 UCLA Festival of Preservation, a touring series of ten programs from the UCLA Film & Television Archive's latest restoration efforts. [12] [13]
On November 24, 2015, it was screened during the UCLA Festival of Preservation at the Eastman Museum. [14]
On February 13, 2016, it was screened at Cinematheque @ University of Wisconsin Madison during the 2016 UCLA Festival of Preservation. [15]
On April 24, 2016, it was screened at Cinematheque @ Cleveland Institute of Art. [16]
On May 6, 2016, it was screened at the Northwest Film Forum. [17]
On May 15, 2016, it was screened at BAMPFA during the 2016 UCLA Festival of Preservation. [18]