When a Man Loves
7.0
“To love her meant-disaster...he fought the world and wrecked his life!”
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
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Cast
27 people
John Barrymore
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Known for
Grand Hotel
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dolores Costello
Manon Lescaut
Known for
The Magnificent Ambersons
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Warner Oland
André Lescaut
Known for
The Jazz Singer
Werewolf of London
Sam De Grasse
Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Man Who Laughs
Holmes Herbert
Jean Tiberge
Known for
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stuart Holmes
Louis XV - King of France
Known for
The Man Who Laughs
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Bertram Grassby
Le Duc de Richelieu
Also in
A Romance of Happy Valley
Pioneer Trails
Tom Santschi
Captain of Convict Boat
Also in
3 Bad Men
Paths to Paradise
Alice Belcher
Minor Role (uncredited)
Also in
Broke in China
Blue of the Night
Eugenie Besserer
The Landlady (uncredited)
Known for
The Jazz Singer
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Charles Clary
A Lay Brother (uncredited)
Known for
The Penalty
Marcelle Corday
Marie (uncredited)
Known for
The Great Ziegfeld
Flesh and the Devil
Alan Crosland Director · Bess Meredyth Screenplay Abbé Prévost Author
Worldwide gross $1M · Budget $528K · United States release August 21, 1927
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Budget
$528,000
Worldwide gross
$1,037,000
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 25, 1927
Premiere · London
United States · August 21, 1927
Theatrical
United States
February 3, 1927 · Premiere · New York City
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