The Man Who Played God

1932
TV-G
1h 20m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAfter 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.

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Rôles principaux28

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George Arliss

Montgomery Royle
(as Mr. George Arliss)

Bette Davis

Grace Blair

Violet Heming

Mildred Miller

André Luguet

The King
(as Andre Luguet)

Louise Closser Hale

Florence Royle

Donald Cook

Harold Van Adam

Ivan F. Simpson

Battle
(as Ivan Simpson)

Oscar Apfel

Appleby - the Lip Reader

Charles E. Evans

The Doctor
(as Charles Evans)

Hedda Hopper

Mrs. Alice Chittendon

William Janney

First Boy

Fred Howard

Man
(scenes deleted)

Murray Kinnell

King's Aide

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)

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Anecdotes
This was the first movie Bette Davis made under her contract to Warner Bros., the studio under which she did most of her best-known work of the 1930s and '40s. Her earlier six films were made for various studios, all of which let her go.

Gaffes
When 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.

Citations
Grace Blair: You're my ideal!
Montgomery Royle: I shall always be... your friend.

Connexions
Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)

Bandes originales
Fantaisie-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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Commentaire en vedette

10/10

Mr. George Arliss Gives Another Acting Lesson

An aging & celebrated concert pianist completely loses his hearing, and with it his faith in The Almighty. After learning to lip read, he realizes he can once again enter into people's lives, alleviating the misfortunes of total strangers. With this much power to do good, he becomes THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD.

Although sadly neglected today, George Arliss was one of the very greatest of film actors of the 1930's. His art was consummate - a whole volume of emotion could be conveyed by the slightest movement of face or posture. He gives a wonderful performance here as a man torn from what he loves the most, blaming God for it and eventually finding peace.

A splendid actress of the same period, Louise Closser Hale gives quiet dignity to the role of Arliss' sister. As his protégé, young Bette Davis does a fine job; she always considered this to be her first film role of substance. Ivan F. Simpson is excellent as a very loyal butler. Hedda Hopper has a tiny role as a woman at a picnic & look for an uncredited Ray Milland as a young man in Central Park attempting suicide.