Drama · United States of America · 1911 · 17m

The Making of a Man

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Director
D.W. Griffith
Cast
Dell Henderson as Leading Man Blanche Sweet as Young Woman Edwin August as Young Woman's Family William J. Butler as Young Woman's Family Donald Crisp as Actor / Backstage Edward Dillon as An Usher / At Dance
Crew
Billy Bitzer — Director of Photography R. L. Bond — Writer
Synopsis

A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks away to join him in the next town, but her father forces her to return home...

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
D.W. Griffith Director Billy Bitzer Director of Photography R. L. Bond Writer
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