A Manly Man (1911)
Of the over 30 one-reelers Mary Pickford made in Cuba for Carl Laemmle’s Independent Motion Pictures Company, A Manly Man is one of few that survives today. Pickford plays Lola, a young Filipino woman who falls in love with Duncan (William E. Shay), a Caucasian man sent to her village on business. After Lola risks her life nursing his fever and saving him from a knife attack, Duncan marries her and resists the temptation to return to his American fiancée. Directed by Thomas Ince and co-starring Pickford’s first husband Owen Moore, A Manly Man was later reissued under the title His Gratitude (1914).
Director: Thomas H. Ince
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Mary Pickford as Lola |
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Owen Moore as Norman Duncan |
| Directing | Thomas H. Ince | Director |
| Production | Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Production | Carla Laemmle | Producer |
