The Man Who Had Everything

1920 Drama 50 minutes Directed by Alfred E. Green

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About The Man Who Had Everything

Harry Bullway, interested only in a good time, nearly runs down the blind man Matt Sills and is cursed: "May you always have everything that you want." His father, Mark, takes the advice to give Harry whatever he asks, and pays the adventuress Leonore Pennell to keep him happy. After four days she drops him. Harry takes a job in his father's factory and the secretary Prue Winn, who had wanted him all along.

Cast & crew

More about The Man Who Had Everything

Alfred E. Green directed. Jack Pickford plays Harry. Priscilla Bonner plays Prue. Ben Ames Williams and Arthur F. Statter are credited with the screenplay.

Themes

  • a beggar's curse
  • getting everything and tiring of it
  • a secretary who waited
  • Harry Bullway
  • Matt Sills
  • Prue Winn
  • Leonore Pennell
  • factory job

Notes

  • Theodore von Eltz appears uncredited as a master of ceremonies.
  • Carl Gerard is in the cast.

Scenes

  • Harry nearly runs down the blind man and does not stop.
  • Leonore leaves him after four days of being paid to stay.

Quotes

May you always have everything that you want.