Making a Man was a 1922 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Joseph Henabery, starring Jack Holt, and based on the Peter B. Kyne story "Humanizing Mr. Winsby".
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Silent Era describes the film as a South Seas drama.
From a newspaper story of the era: "The police force of the island in question is limited to three men of assorted uniforms and arms, who would rather do anything than face danger. Many parts of the world are no better policed and the comparative freedom from fear of punishment makes these gentry bold and aggressive. Jack Holt, in the role of Robert Kendall, shows how a man who believes that the same conditions of comparative honesty and freedom from danger obtain on the island as elsewhere, and finds himself mistaken, runs into a situation where he has to take the law into his own hands. When out in one of his boats, he provides himself with a machine gun and in one encounter with pearl
Directed byJoseph Henabery OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsRoscoe Arbuckle, Winifred Greenwood, Roscoe Karns, Julia Faye, Frank Campeau Rating60% Attorney Algernon Leary (Fatty Arbuckle), "pure milk" candidate for mayor, attends a party for grown-ups dressed as children. Going home in a blizzard, he is robbed of his fur coat leaving him bare legged wearing rompers. He takes refuge in the first building he can reach, creating havoc in various apartments due to his appearance. He blunders into the rival candidate (Frank Campeau) in a compromising situation with a vamp and forces him to withdraw, ensuring Leary's election as mayor after a whirlwind campaign.