 He draws closer to Mildred, who always has loved him, and the two find happiness in their developing relationship.Warners had made a silent version of "The Man Who Played God" in 1922, based on the 1914 play "The Silent Voice" by Jules Eckert Goodman, who adapted it from a story by Gouverneur Morris published in "Cosmopolitan" in 1912.For the 1932 film, a fresh adaptation was worked up by Julien Josephson and Maude T. Howell.