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The Man Worth While

1921 film directed by Romaine Fielding

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ56452611 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Man Worth While is a 1921 American silent melodrama film, directed by Romaine Fielding. It stars Joan Arliss, Lawrence Johnson, and Eugene Acker, and was released on September 9, 1921.

Cast list

Joan Arliss as Mary Alden

Lawrence Johnson as the child

Eugene Acker as Herbert Loring

Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Ward

Frederick Eckhart as André

Peggy Parr as Cecile

Herbert Standing as Mrs.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “The Man Worth While” as 1921 film directed by Romaine Fielding. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921. The account is most persuasive where Worth, While and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1921 film directed by Romaine Fielding. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q56452611. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “The Man Worth While”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow The Man Worth While primary sources, The Man Worth While archive and Worth research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “The Man Worth While”?
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  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “The Man Worth While” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.