
At the height of his success musician John Arden loses his hearing as the result of an explosion. His young wife's devotion is sorely tested by his melancholy and cynicism, but her sense of duty prevents Marjorie from leaving him for Philip Stevens.

The Auditory Abyss and the Resurrection of the Soul In the transitionary twilight of early 1930s cinema, few figures loomed as large or as intellectually formidable as George Arliss. In The Man Who Played God (1932), Arliss reprises a role he had previously explored in the silent era, yet the addition of sound adds ...

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" The Auditory Abyss and the Resurrection of the Soul In the transitionary twilight of early 1930s cinema, few figures loomed as large or as intellectually formidable as George Arliss. In The Man Who Played God (1932), Arliss reprises a role he had previously explored in the silent era, yet the addition of sound adds a poignant, ironic layer to a narrative centered entirely on the loss of it. The film is not merely a melodrama concerning a musician’s disability; it is a profound meditation on t..."
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