Produced by Hardee Kirkland Country United States Director Hardee Kirkland Written by J. Edward Hungerford | Running time 1 reel Initial release 1912 Producer William Nicholas Selig Distributed by Selig Polyscope Company | |
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Starring Carl Winterhoff
Adrienne Kroell
Timmy Sheehan Release date November 18, 1912 (1912-11-18) (U.S.) Language Silent
English intertitles Cast Adrienne Kroell, Carl Winterhoff | ||
a man among men
A Man Among Men is a 1912 American silent film drama produced by Hardee Kirkland. The film stars Carl Winterhoff Adrienne Kroell. The film status is uncertain, but a release flier survives which is now at the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences; it was part of the Charles G. Clarke collection. The film was distributed by the General Film Company and was released on November 18, 1912. The film reel was 3,300 feet (300 meters).
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Plot
Steve Wilson (Carl Winterhoff), a wealthy automobile manufacturer, allows himself one per diversion-ministry to the poor in social settlements and public playgrounds. Through this association, he meets little Danny Smith (Timmy Sheehan), a six-year-old boy of remarkable precocity, who attracts his attention and admiration. Eventually, through the medium of Danny, he visits his home and meets his sister, Millie Smith (Adrienne Kroell), a girl just out of her teens who has much charm interests the wealthy man mightily. His administration has awakened into love when he learns from there that she is engaged to marry Bob Carson (Jack Nelson), a workman in his own shop, whose invention he thinks will make him wealthy. In reality, this invention is worthless, but Steve Wilson buys it, thus sacrificing himself for the love of the girl who has never realized his deep devotion.