''A Man's Past'' is a 1927 American silent

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directed by

George Melford George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...

and starring

Conrad Veidt Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (; 22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German film actor who attracted early attention for his roles in the films ''Different from the Others'' (1919), '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' (1920), and '' The Man Who Laug ...

, Barbara Bedford and

Ian Keith Ian Keith (born Keith Ross; February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor. Early years Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Keith grew up in Chicago. He was educated at the Francis Parker School there and played Hamlet in a school p ...

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Cast

as Paul La Roche * Barbara Bedford as Yvonne Fontaine *

as Dr. Fontaine * Arthur Edmund Carewe as Lieutenant Destin * Charles Puffy as Prison Doctor *

Corliss Palmer Corliss Palmer (July 25, 1899 – August 27, 1952) was an American silent film actress and model. She first came to public attention after winning ''Motion Picture Magazine''s Fame and Fortune Contest in 1920, upon which she was deemed the "m ...

as Sylvia Cabot * Edward Reinach as Dr. Renaud

References

Bibliography

* John T. Soister. ''Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography''. McFarland, 2002.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 comedy-drama films Films directed by George Melford American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Universal Pictures films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub