When a Man Loves
64 %|Aug 21, 1927|History, Romance
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
Featured Crew
Alan Crosland
Director
Abbé Prévost
Novel
Bess Meredyth
Adaptation
Henry Hadley
Original Music Composer
Byron Haskin
Director of Photography
Harold McCord
Editor
Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director
Bess Meredyth
Screenplay
Cast
John Barrymore
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Dolores Costello
Manon Lescaut
Warner Oland
André Lescaut
Sam De Grasse
Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Holmes Herbert
Jean Tiberge
Stuart Holmes
Louis XV - King of France
Bertram Grassby
Le Duc de Richelieu
Tom Santschi
Captain of Convict Boat
Alice Belcher
Minor Role (uncredited)
Eugenie Besserer
The Landlady (uncredited)
Charles Clary
A Lay Brother (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
Marie (uncredited)
Rose Dione
Nana (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Smiling Hag (uncredited)
Herman Heller
Himself - Orchestra Conductor (End Credit) (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
Aggresive Apache (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Minor Role (uncredited)
George Kotsonaros
Convict Prisoner (uncredited)
Myrna Loy
Convict Behind Manon (uncredited)
Andy MacLennan
Man Trying to Trick Manon into His House (uncredited)
Ida May
Minor Role (uncredited)
Kalla Pasha
Officer on Prisoner Ship (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Templar Saxe
Baron Chevral (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Bishop (uncredited)
Dick Sutherland
Tavern Waiter (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
A Convict Aboard the Boat (uncredited)