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The Man of the Hour
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Maurice Tourneur

Cast: Robert Warwick [Henry Garrison], Alec B. Francis [George Garrison], Ned Burton [Richard Horrigan], Eric Mayne [Charles Wainwright], John Hines (Johnny Hines) [Perry Carter Wainwright], Belle Adair [Dallas Wainwright], Chester Barnett [Joe Standing], Thomas Jackson [Sheriff Smith], Bert Starkey [Graham, the sneak thief], Charles Dungan [the mayor’s doorkeeper]

William A. Brady Picture Plays, Incorporated, production; distributed by World Film Manufacturing Company. / Scenario by Maurice Tourneur, from the play The Man of the Hour by George Broadhurst. Assistant director, Oscar W. Forster. / © 14 October 1914 by World Film Manufacturing Company [LU3525]. Released 12 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2772.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 November 2020.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2772; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 118; Sloan-Loud pp. 31, 34, 149.