Carl Brisson (1895-1958, left) was a Danish
leading man who enjoyed some popularity in British films. Among his successes
were The American Prisoner (1929), Song of Soho (1930) and
All the King´s Horses (1935).
The Manxman (1929)
Screenplay by Eliot Stannard, based on a novel by Sir Hall Caine; photography by John J. Cox.
Carl Brisson (Pete), Malcolm Keen (Philip), Anny Ondra (Kate), Randle Ayrton (her father).
A fisherman thought drowned comes back to find that his girl is expecting his best friend´s baby.
The last silent movie that Hitchcock made in late 1928, which he thought was the only notable fact about it. He later complained that he couldn´t change much due to the reputation of the famous novel and its distinguished author. Another untypical Hitchcock movie, this was a humourless romantic melodrama.
Signatures of Carl Brisson (see also The Ring), Malcolm Keen (see also The Lodger and The Mountain Eagle) and Anny Ondra (see also Blackmail). Please click on a photo to have a closer look.
Carl Brisson (1895-1958, left) was a Danish
leading man who enjoyed some popularity in British films. Among his successes
were The American Prisoner (1929), Song of Soho (1930) and
All the King´s Horses (1935).
Malcolm Keen (1888-1970, right), a distinguished
British stage-actor, was the father of actor Geoffrey Keen. Among his rare
appearances in movies were Sixty Glorious Years (1939), The Mating
Season (1951) and Francis of Assisi (1960).
Anny Ondra (1903-87, below right) was a leading German-Czech actress in British
silent films. When sound came, she had difficulties with her accent, returned
to Germany, where she married German heavy-weight boxing world-champion Max
Schmeling and made a few more movies.
Am
ong them were Schön muß
man sein (1950) and Die Zürcher Verlobung (1957).