''Man and His Soul'' is a 1916 American silent melodrama film produced by

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and distributed by

Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased fac ...

. The film was directed by Metro's resident director John W. Noble and starred

Francis X. Bushman Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 – August 23, 1966) was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film ''His Friend's Wife.'' He gained a large female following and was one of the ...

and

Beverly Bayne Beverly Bayne (born Pearl Beverly Van Name; November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982) was an American actress who appeared in silent films beginning in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois, where she worked for Essanay Studios. Early life Born in Minneapo ...

. Much of the film was shot in

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

. The film is now considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy ...

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as John Conscience/John Power *

as Mary Knowles *Edward Brennan as Reverend Edward Knowles *Charles Prince as Stephen Might Sr. (*as Charles H. Prince) * John Davidson as Stephen Might Jr. *

Helen Dunbar Helen Dunbar (born Katheryn Burke Lackey; October 10, 1863 – August 28, 1933) was an American theatrical performer and silent film actress. Career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dunbar first appeared with the Weber & Fields Stock Co ...

as Mrs. Conscience, John's mother * Grace Valentine as Eve *Etta Mansfield as Unknown role *Fred Sittenham as Unknown role *Anita Snell as Little girl

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* * 1916 films American silent feature films Lost American films Silent American drama films 1916 drama films Films shot in Jacksonville, Florida American black-and-white films Films directed by John W. Noble Melodrama films Metro Pictures films 1916 lost films Lost drama films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{1910s-drama-film-stub

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