David Manners (1901 - )

• actor
• born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom on April 30, 1901, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
• leading man of Hollywood films of the 30s
• notable films:
  • Journey's End (1930)
  • Dracula (1930) as Jonathan Harker
  • The Last Flight (1931) about the "Lost Generation" in Paris after WWI, written by one of the "Lost Generation", John Monk Saunders (also the first husband of Fay Wray)
  • The Mummy (1932)
  • The Black Cat (1934)
  • Jalna (1935)
• studio publicity claimed he was a descendant of William the Conqueror
• retired from the screen in 1936
• appeared occasionally on the stage and wrote several novels
• filmography

A scene from The Last Flight; Johnny Mack Brown, Elliott Nugent, David Manners, and Richard Barthelmess meet Helen Chandler, who has someone's false teeth in her glass.

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