The Man Who Lost Himself (1941 film)

The Man Who Lost Himself
Directed byEdward Ludwig
Written byEddie Moran
Based onthe novel The Man Who Lost Himself
by Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Produced byLawrence W. Fox, Jr.
StarringBrian Aherne
Kay Francis
Nils Asther
CinematographyVictor Milner
Edited byMilton Carruth
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 21, 1941 (1941-03-21)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Man Who Lost Himself is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Brian Aherne, Kay Francis and Nils Asther.[1] Aherne plays a man who encounters his exact double and is later mistaken for the other man who is now dead. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.[2] The novel was also previously adapted to film in 1920. The new version shifts the setting from London of the original to New York, although it features several British actors.

Plot

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Department store mogul Malcolm Scott escapes from a mental institution. At a bar, he encounters lookalike John Evans and they get drunk together.

John wakes up in Malcolm's home, where butler Paul and others mistakenly believe him to be Malcolm. As he attempts to persuade them otherwise, the real Malcolm is killed in a subway accident. Malcolm's estranged wife Adrienne has been romantically involved with Peter Ransome, while it appears Malcolm had been seeing a Mrs. Van Avery while also embezzling from his store with a man named Mulhausen who now wants to buy it from Adrienne.

John foils the scheme, and when a grateful Adrienne finally realizes who he really is, she decides she would like to marry her dead husband's dead ringer.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bubbeo p.97
  2. ^ Goble p.348
  3. ^ "The Man Who Lost Himself (1941". AFI Catalog of Feature Films).

Bibliography

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  • Bubbeo, Daniel. The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each. McFarland, 2001.
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