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As Man Desires
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Wikipedia article
'As Man Desires' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Viola Dana. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2640 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'As Man Desires'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AsManDesires1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'As Man Desires'] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, Major John Craig (Sills) knocks out Colonel Carringford (Nicholson) when he discovers Gloria Gordon (Clifford), his fiance, has been untrue. Carringford is then murdered by a servant and because Evelyn Beaudine (Theby), a married woman of unsavory reputation, accuses him of the crime, Craig is forced to flee from his British Army post in India. Craig procures a fishing smack and amasses wealth from working pearl beds in the South Seas. He tenders Gorilla Bagsley (Kennedy), a poacher a beating when he finds him annoying Pandora (Dana). She now feels that Craig is "her man" and, to spite the memory of the other woman, he marries her. A seaman identifies Craig and notifies the British government. Gloria comes with the representative who tells Craig that Gloria had sacrificed her own reputation to prove his innocence. Gorilla, intending to kill Craig, levels a gun towards his back but Pandora jumps in the way as it is fired. Craig and Gloria are thus united.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of 'As Man Desires' located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3501/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'As Man Desires'] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html 'As Man Desires' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'First National Pictures -1925']
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