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While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royle returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously and becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God".
Theatrical
Feb 19, 1932
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Full credits →G
George Arliss
Montgomery Royle
V
Violet Heming
Mildred Miller
B
Bette Davis
Grace Blair
A
André Luguet
The King
L
Louise Closser Hale
Florence Royle
D
Donald Cook
Harold Van Adam
I
Ivan F. Simpson
Battle
O
Oscar Apfel
Appleby - the Lip Reader
C
Charles E. Evans
The Doctor
H
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Alice Chittendon
R
Ray Milland
Eddie (uncredited)
D
Dorothy Libaire
Jenny (uncredited)
