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".
Cast
George Arliss
Montgomery Royle
Violet Heming
Mildred Miller
Bette Davis
Grace Blair
André Luguet
The King
Louise Closser Hale
Florence Royle
Donald Cook
Harold Van Adam
Ivan F. Simpson
Battle
Oscar Apfel
Appleby - the Lip Reader
Charles E. Evans
The Doctor
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Alice Chittendon
Ray Milland
Eddie (uncredited)
Dorothy Libaire
Jenny (uncredited)
Crew
John G. Adolfi
Director
Maude T. Howell
Adaptation
Julien Josephson
Adaptation
Gouverneur Morris
Story
William Holmes
Editor
James Van Trees
Director of Photography
Jack L. Warner
Executive Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Vernon Larson
Assistant Camera
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
C.A. Riggs
Sound
Leo F. Forbstein
Original Music Composer
Homer Van Pelt
Still Photographer
Jack Okey
Art Direction
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