''A Man's Past'' is a 1927 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

George Melford George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...

and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt ( , ; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German and British actor. He attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and ''The Man ...

, Barbara Bedford, and

Ian Keith Ian Keith (born Keith Ross; February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor. Early years Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Keith grew up in Chicago. He was educated at the Francis Parker School there and played Hamlet in a school pr ...

Cast

as Paul La Roche * Barbara Bedford as Yvonne Fontaine *

as Dr. Fontaine *

Arthur Edmund Carewe Arthur Edmund Carewe (December 30, 1884 – April 22, 1937), born Hovsep Hovsepian (), was an Armenian-American stage and film actor of the silent and early sound film era. Early life He was born on December 30, 1884 to a prosperous Armenian f ...

as Lieutenant Destin *

Charles Puffy Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstein; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor. Biography Hochstein appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appeari ...

as Prison Doctor * Corliss Palmer as Sylvia Cabot * Edward Reinach as Dr. Renaud * Jean Girardin as Supporting Role (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of ''A Man's Past'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''A Man's Past''
/ref> it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

References

Bibliography

* John T. Soister (2002). ''Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography''. McFarland & Co.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 comedy-drama films Films directed by George Melford American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Universal Pictures films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films English-language comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub