The Manchester Man (film)

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 Manchester Man
Cover of the first edition of The Manchester Man
Directed byBert Wynne
Written byIsabella Banks (novel)
Eliot Stannard
StarringHayford Hobbs
Aileen Bagot
Joan Hester
Warwick Ward
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
1920
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The plot has been summarized by Denis Gifford as "Lancashire, 1800. Clerk loves merchant's daughter who elopes with crook."[2]

Cast

References

  1. BFI.org
  2. "The Manchester Man" in Denis Gifford, British Film Catalogue: Volume 1, the Fiction Film (2016)
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