When a Man Loves
“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.
Genres
History, Romance
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How When a Man Loves performed
Budget
$528,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.0M
Gross Profit
$509,000
Return
2.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$181K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~50/50, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for History) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
John Barrymore
Chevalier Fabien des Grieux
Manon Lescaut
Dolores Costello
Manon Lescaut
André Lescaut
Warner Oland
André Lescaut
Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Sam De Grasse
Comte Guillot de Morfontaine
Jean Tiberge
Holmes Herbert
Jean Tiberge
Louis XV - King of France
Stuart Holmes
Louis XV - King of France
Le Duc de Richelieu
Bertram Grassby
Le Duc de Richelieu
Captain of Convict Boat
Tom Santschi
Captain of Convict Boat
Minor Role (uncredited)
Alice Belcher
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Landlady (uncredited)
Eugenie Besserer
The Landlady (uncredited)
A Lay Brother (uncredited)
Charles Clary
A Lay Brother (uncredited)
Marie (uncredited)
Marcelle Corday
Marie (uncredited)
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