The Manchester Man is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Hayford Hobbs, Aileen Bagot and Joan Hestor.[1] It was an adaptation of the 1876 novel The Manchester Man by Isabella Banks. It follows the lifetime of a Manchester resident Jabez Clegg during the turbulent 19th century.
The plot has been summarized by Denis Gifford as "Lancashire, 1800. Clerk loves merchant's daughter who elopes with crook."[2]
Cast
- Hayford Hobbs - Jabez Clegg
- Aileen Bagot - Augusta Ashton
- Joan Hestor - Bess Clegg
- Warwick Ward - Captain Aspinall
- A. Harding Steerman - Mr Ashton
- Dora De Winton - Mrs Ashton
- Hubert Willis - Simon Clegg
- William Burchill - Reverend Jotty Brooks
- Charles Pelly - Kit
- Cecil Calvert - Man of Affairs
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The MANCHESTER MAN (1920)". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "The Manchester Man" in Denis Gifford, British Film Catalogue: Volume 1, the Fiction Film (2016)
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