Men and Women (1914 film)

Men and Women
Directed by	James Kirkwood; D. W. Griffith (supervising director)
Produced by	Biograph Company; Marc Klaw; Abraham Erlanger
Written by	David Belasco (play); Henry Churchill de Mille (play); Frank E. Woods (scenario)
Starring	Lionel Barrymore; Blanche Sweet
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	August 1914;
Running time	30 minutes; 3 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent

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]

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

Lionel Barrymore - Stephen Rodman/Robert Stevens
Blanche Sweet - Agnes Rodman, Stephen's daughter
Fred Hearn - D.A. Stedman
Gertrude Robinson - Dora Prescott
Marshall Neilan - Will Prescott
Frank Crane - Ned Seabury (*as Frank Hall Crane)
Fred Herzog - Kirke, the broker
Hattie Delaro - Mrs Prescott
Claire McDowell - Mrs. Stephen Rodman
Frank M. Norcross - Cohen
Alan Hale - One of Kirke's Creditors
Antonio Moreno - Man in Kirke's Office
Gladys Egan - An Orphan

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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References

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

External links

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