''A Man of Iron'' (also known as ''The Iron Man'') is a 1925 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 ...
produced and directed by
Whitman Bennett
Whitman Bennett (1883–1968) was an American film producer and director of the silent era.Munden p.34
Selected filmography
* '' The Truth About Husbands'' (1920)
* '' The Devil's Garden'' (1920)
* '' The Master Mind'' (1920)
* '' Salvation Nell ...
and distributed through
Chadwick Pictures.
The film starred
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
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Plot
As described in a film magazine review,
[ ] Philip Durban marries Claire Bowdoin, a spoiled daughter of an improvised society matron. Their marriage as such is in name only. Claire loves Prince Novakian, a worthless fortune hunter. Within a year, Claire comes to love her husband, but he resents her advances. Ill, Claire goes to Italy for a rest. Once there, the Prince annoys her with his advances, so she sends for her husband. Arriving in Italy, Philip strikes the Prince, who challenges him to a duel. The Prince is killed and, with this cloud removed, Philip and Claire have a life of sunshine.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''A Man of Iron'' located in any film archives, 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. ...
.
See also
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List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
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Lionel Barrymore filmography
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; 1878–1954) was an American actor of stage, screen, and radio. He also directed several films, wrote scripts, created etchings, sketches, and composed music. He was the eldest child of the actors M ...
References
External links
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Original lantern slide ''A Man of Iron''
1925 films
American silent feature films
Lost American drama films
1925 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Whitman Bennett
1925 lost films
1920s American films
Lost silent American films
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