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After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.
George Arliss
- Montgomery Royle
- (as Mr. George Arliss)
André Luguet
- The King
- (as Andre Luguet)
Ivan F. Simpson
- Battle
- (as Ivan Simpson)
Charles E. Evans
- The Doctor
- (as Charles Evans)
Fred Howard
- Man
- (scenes deleted)
Symona Boniface
- Woman in Audience
- (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Would-Be Ticket Buyer
- (uncredited)
Grace Durkin
- Kit - First Girl
- (uncredited)
Helena Phillips Evans
- Music Fan with Boy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGeorge Arliss and Ivan F. Simpson played the same roles ten years earlier in the 1922 silent version.
- GoofsWhen Royle goes to his desk after observing the couple in the park, the shadow of the boom microphone dips onto the window curtain behind him.
- Quotes
Grace Blair: You're my ideal!
Montgomery Royle: I shall always be... your friend.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
- SoundtracksFantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66
(1834) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played on piano by George Arliss (dubbed by Salvatore Santaella) at the concert
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Great story...Pivotal Bette Davis movie
In 1932 many actors were still rather new to sound pictures and the great majority of them were theatre trained and while some would stay on in Hollywood, many would return to the stage to stay. Bette Davis was a young actress in the midst of making that decision to aty in Hollywood or return to New York and the stage. She had made several low buget pictures, but things just were not clicking for her. The success of this movie and the attention she received convinced her to stay on and make movies and we are all thankful for that. George Arliss was a grand old man of the stage and his artistry is well portrayed here. His makeup is a little heavy, making him look a little like the Phantom of The Opera with lipstick and darkened nostrils, but soon you get beyond that. The acting is almost strictly stage-style here, this MUST have been a play before it was filmed. The blocking and angles of the actors and the way they seem to talk "at" each other rather than to each other shows the stage acting. Great story, nice escapism... who wouldnt like to help others? We can do that through George Arliss in this movie.
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- Schlockmeister
- Nov 8, 2001
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- Covek koji se dopao Bogu
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- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Man Who Played God (1932) officially released in Canada in English?
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