Man to Man and Chances

In his book, “Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer,” Peter Bogdanovich writes:
“There will never again be a movie career like Allan Dwan's. Over 50 years, he directed at least 400 pictures, and produced, wrote, or supervised as many more.... (C)ertainly two-thirds of that opus - almost the whole silent period - is virtually lost forever.... (Dwan's) approach to material has always been pragmatic, and his camerawork expressive but unadorned, in the most classical American tradition. The mischievous, occasionally even wicked, humour that runs through many of his films is that of a man amused by the pomposity and pretensions of the world....”

Man to Man
The story of a young man reunited with his father, who has been wrongly imprisoned for 18 years, Man to Man is “a warm and realistic small town drama of surprising poignancy. A minor, forgotten, but most rewarding work.” --W.K.E.

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