A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Man’s Desire
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham

Cast: Lewis S. Stone [Tom Denton], Jane Novak [Mary Larkin], Jack Curtis [Bull Larkin], Bill Dyer [Slim Dorgan], Charlotte Burton [Vera Patton], George C. Pearce [Howard Patton], Joe Bennett (Joseph Bennett) [Bob Denton], Claire du Brey, Tom Hawley

Lewis S. Stone Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Robertson-Cole Company through Exhibitors Mutual Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by L.V. Jefferson, from a screen story by Lewis S. Stone. Cinematography by William J. Beckway and William M. McGann (William C. McGann). / Released 20 July 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first production from Stone’s company.

Drama: Northwoods.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: ClasIm-223 p. 47; ClasIm-226 p. 41 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.