Making a Man is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and directed by Joseph Henabery.

[1] Starring Jack Holt, the film is based on the Peter B. Kyne story "Humanizing Mr.

[2] As described in a film magazine,[3] small town millionaire and snob Horace Winsby (Holt) finds himself in love with his neighbor's daughter Patricia Owens (Novak), who has just returned from finishing school.

Horace is threatened and his bank manager advises him to leave town at once until the matter blows over.

He gets a job as a waiter and is there discovered by Patricia and her father Jim (Lockney) during their visit to New York City.