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The Man Who Played God is a american film of genre Drama directed by John G. Adolfi released in USA on 19 february 1932 with George Arliss

The Man Who Played God (1932)

The Man Who Played God
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Released in USA 19 february 1932
Length 1h20
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating67% 3.396683.396683.396683.396683.39668

The Man Who Played God is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John G. Adolfi. The screenplay by Julien Josephson and Maude T. Howell is based on the 1914 play The Silent Voice by Jules Eckert Goodman, who adapted it from a story by Gouverneur Morris.

Goodman's play previously had been filmed under its original title in 1915 and in 1922 as The Man Who Played God, which also starred George Arliss. It was adapted for the screen yet again as Sincerely Yours in 1955.

Synopsis

While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royale returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair.

Actors

George Arliss

(Montgomery Royle)Bette Davis

(Grace Blair)Louise Closser Hale

(Florence Royle)Violet Heming

(Mildred Miller)André Luguet

(The King)
And :
Oscar Apfel
Donald Cook
Hedda Hopper
Ivan F. Simpson
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