Men and Women (1925 film)

Men and Women
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Directed by William C. deMille
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Written by Clara Beranger (scenario)
Based on Men and Women
by David Belasco and Henry Churchill de Mille
Starring Richard Dix
Claire Adams
Cinematography L. Guy Wilky
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
 March 23, 1925
Running time
 60 minutes; six reels (6,223 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Men and Women is a lost 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Richard Dix, Claire Adams, and Neil Hamilton. It is based on a play, Men and Women, written years earlier by David Belasco and Henry Churchill de Mille, father of the director.[1][2][3]

Production

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

Production

Development

A 1914 Biograph film with the same name based on the same play still exists. It was directed by James Kirkwood and starred Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Sweet and her future husband Marshall Neilan.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. ↑ Men and Women as originally produced on Broadway at Proctor's Theatre, October 21, 1890; IBDb.com
  3. ↑ Men and Women at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Men and Women at silentera.com


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