A Man's Mate

{{short description|1924 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = A Man's Mate | image = File:A Man's Mate 1924 film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Edmund Mortimer | producer = | screenplay = Charles Kenyon | starring = John Gilbert Renée Adorée Noble Johnson Wilfrid North Thomas R. Mills James Neill | music = | cinematography = G.O. Post | editing = | studio = Fox Film Corporation | distributor = Fox Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1924|3|16}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}

'''''A Man's Mate''''' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Mortimer and written by Charles Kenyon. The film stars John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Noble Johnson, Wilfrid North, Thomas R. Mills, and James Neill. The film was released on March 16, 1924, by Fox Film Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497773/a-mans-mate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021202425/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497773/a-mans-mate |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |title=A Man's Mate (1924) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Dan Pavlides |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mans-mate-v101486 |title=Man's Mate (1924) - Edmund Mortimer |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=January 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/10634-A-MAN'S-MATE |title=A Man's Mate |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=January 21, 2019}}</ref>

==Plot== As described in a film magazine review,<ref name="ETR">{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: ''A Man's Mate'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=19 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=19 April 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n498/mode/1up |accessdate=10 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Paul Bonard's wealthy father is opposed to his son's choice of an artist's career. Two Apaches, the Lion and Lynx, quarrel over the Wildcat, a female member of their Paris gang. The Lynx flees, meets Paul, stuns him, and changes clothes with him. Paul is brought to the Apache den, where he conquers the Lion in a desperate fight. Paul has lost his memory and falls in love with the Wildcat. He paints a picture of her. She discovers his identity, he goes home, submits to an operation, and recovers his memory. Later he seeks out and marries the Wildcat.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *John Gilbert as Paul Bonard *Renée Adorée as Wildcat *Noble Johnson as Lion *Wilfrid North as Monsieur Bonard *Thomas R. Mills as Father Pierre *James Neill as Veraign *Jack Giddings as Lynx *Patterson Dial as Sybil }}

==Preservation== With no prints of ''A Man's Mate'' located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7367/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''A Man's Mate'']</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0015114|A Man's Mate}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Man's Mate}} Category:1924 films Category:1924 drama films Category:1924 lost films Category:1924 American films Category:1924 English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent feature films Category:Films directed by Edmund Mortimer Category:Fox Film films Category:Lost American silent drama films Category:English-language drama films