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The Birth of a Man
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Henry Walthall (Henry B. Walthall), Joyce Moore, Henry Stanley, Jay Herman, Dick Johnson (Richard Johnson), William Reed, William Sheer

The Balboa Amusement Producing Company and Celebrated Players Film Company production; distributed on State Rights basis by B.S. Moss Motion Picture Corporation. / Produced by E.D. Horkheimer and H.M. Horkheimer. / Released 1 April 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot by Balboa in 1915 before Walthall left the company. The film may have been lengthened to a feature film by Celebrated Players.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0336.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 September 2018.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0336; Tarbox-Lost p. 191 : Website-IMDb.