The Way of Man
About The Way of Man
Tom Horne goes west to make enough money to marry Mabel Jarrett. He writes that he is coming back. Her cousin Winnie is staying for the summer. That evening a lamp explodes in Mabel's hands and burns her face. She leaves a note asking that Tom marry Winnie, puts her cloak and hat on a sea cliff so the family will think she jumped, and goes to work at an orphan asylum.
Cast & crew
More about The Way of Man
D. W. Griffith directed this one-reel Biograph drama, 986 feet, copyrighted and released on June 28, 1909. G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin photographed it. Biograph distributed it.
Themes
Making
Griffith was still making one-reel stories at Biograph. Bitzer and Marvin shared the camera credit, which was common on the company's 1909 releases.
Look
G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin photographed the reel. An early shot has Tom kiss the part of Mabel's face that the lamp later burns.
Preservation
A print exists. Silent Era lists it as surviving and in the public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Florence Lawrence plays Mabel Jarrett. Arthur V. Johnson plays Tom Horne. Mary Pickford plays the cousin, Winnie. Flora Finch plays the mother. Gladys Egan plays a child.
- James Kirkwood and Mack Sennett are also in the Biograph cast list.
- The Biograph copyright number is H129205.
Scenes
- The lamp explodes while Mabel is lighting it.
- She leaves her cloak and hat on the cliff and hides until the others mourn her as dead.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-way-of-man)
