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Deaf Major 
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TITLE |
Man
Who Played God, The (1932) |
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ALT__TITLE |
The Silent
Voice |
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Arliss plays
a famous pianist who following an explosion is |
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totally
deaf. Soon he learns to lip-read and using a telescope |
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'spies' on
the conversations of people in the park he can see |
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from his
window. This shows him that many are worse off |
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than himself
and he takes steps to help them. But one day |
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he sees his
fiancee (Davis) telling a young man that she |
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doesn't love
the much older Arliss and only stays with him |
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because of
his deafness. Despite this blow he makes it |
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possible for
them to marry. |
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First made
(from the stage play) in 1922. |
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Remade as
"Sincerely Yours" (1955, see below). |
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Notes
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