Men and Women (1914 film) explained

Men and Women
Director:James Kirkwood
D. W. Griffith (supervising director)
Producer:Biograph Company
Marc Klaw
Abraham Erlanger
Starring:Lionel Barrymore
Blanche Sweet
Distributor:General Film Company
Runtime:30 minutes; 3 reels
Country:United States
Language:Silent(English intertitles)

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

Legacy

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

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Notes and References

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