Man's Calling
About Man's Calling
John Wallace's father, from religious zeal, sends him toward a monastery. John turns off, takes farm work, and marries. The old man watches passing padres, hoping to see him. John comes back with his wife and child. The father is bitter, then softens at the grandchild.
Cast & crew
More about Man's Calling
Allan Dwan directed this Flying A one-reeler. The Film Supply Company of America released it on November 11, 1912. Mutual rereleased it in the United States as Almost a Friar on January 20, 1917. J. Warren Kerrigan plays John. Jessalyn Van Trump plays his wife. George Periolat plays the father. The Moving Picture World synopsis is the plot above. Silent Era also lists Louise Lester and, with a question mark, Jack Richardson.
Themes
Preservation
Prints are at the Library of Congress and the Academy Film Archive.
Notes
- The U.S. rerelease title is Almost a Friar.
- It is a Flying A picture, not a Universal short.
- Prints are at the Library of Congress, a 35mm acetate master, and at the Academy Film Archive, a 16mm reduction.
- The father yields when he sees the child, not when John explains the farm.
Scenes
- John leaves the road to the monastery and hires on at a farm.
- He returns with a wife and child, and the old man softens.
Also available
- Library of Congress
- Academy Film Archive
