Men and Women (1914 film)

Men and Women is an extant short 1914 silent film produced by the Biograph Company and released by General Film Company. It is based on the 1890 play of the same name by David Belasco and Henry Churchill de Mille. It stars Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Sweet and Marshall Neilan. Sweet and Neilan would later marry in real life.[1]

Men and Women
Directed byJames Kirkwood
D. W. Griffith (supervising director)
Produced byBiograph Company
Marc Klaw
Abraham Erlanger
Written byDavid Belasco (play)
Henry Churchill de Mille (play)
Frank E. Woods (scenario)
StarringLionel Barrymore
Blanche Sweet
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • August 1914 (1914-08)
Running time
30 minutes; 3 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Plot

Robert Stevens robs the bank where he is employed, and through the efforts of Calvin Stedman, the prosecuting attorney, he is sentenced to six years' imprisonment. While in jail his wife dies and his little daughter, Agnes, is placed in a convent. At the expiration of his sentence, Stevens locates his daughter and settles in Arizona, assuming the name of Stephen Rodman.

Cast

Additionally Lillian Gish and Vivian Prescott appear uncredited in the movie.

Legacy

The story was refilmed by Paramount in 1925 as Men and Women.

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See also

References
  1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20 by The American Film , c.1988


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