''Men and Women'' is an extant short 1914 silent film produced by the

Biograph Company The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition, ...

and released by General Film Company. It is based on the 1890 play of the same name by

David Belasco David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of ...

and

Henry Churchill de Mille Henry Churchill de Mille (September 17, 1853 – February 10, 1893) was an American businessman and Georgist, and the father of film pioneers Cecil B. de Mille and William C. de Mille, and the paternal grandfather of the dancer and choreograp ...

. It stars Lionel Barrymore,

Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the earliest days of the Hollywood motion picture film industry. Early life Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first nam ...

and Marshall Neilan. Sweet and Neilan would later marry in real life.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20'' by The American Film , c.1988

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 *

- Agnes Rodman, Stephen's daughter *Fred Hearn - District Attorney Calvin Stedman *Gertrude Robinson - Ruth Prescott * Marshall Neilan - Will Prescott *Frank Crane - Ned Seabury (*as Frank Hall Crane) *Fred Herzog - Kirke, the broker *

Hattie Delaro Hattie Delaro (1861 – April 18, 1941) was an American actress. She had a career in theater, then became an actress in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. Delaro was born in Brooklyn. Delaro debuted on stage in 1881 at Brooklyn's Grand Ope ...

- Mrs Prescott *

Claire McDowell Claire McDowell ( MacDowell; November 2, 1877 – October 23, 1966) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 350 films between 1908 and 1945. Early years Claire MacDowell was born in New York City on November 2, 1877, the ...

- Mrs. Stephen Rodman *Frank M. Norcross - Cohen * Alan Hale - One of Kirke's Creditors *

Antonio Moreno Antonio Garrido Monteagudo (September 26, 1887 – February 15, 1967), better known as Antonio Moreno or Tony Moreno, was a Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s. Early life and silent fil ...

- Man in Kirke's Office *

Gladys Egan Gladys Egan (also credited as Gladys Eagan; May 24, 1900March 8, 1985) was an early 20th-century American child actress, who between 1907 and 1914 performed professionally in theatre productions as well as in scores of silent films. She began her ...

- An Orphan (uncredited) * Lillian Gish (uncredited) * Vivian Prescott (uncredited)

Legacy

The story was refilmed by

Paramount Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. The following busin ...

in 1925 as '' Men and Women''.

References

External links

Men and Women at IMDb.comallmovie/synopsis
1914 films American films based on plays Films directed by D. W. Griffith Biograph Company films 1914 short films American silent short films Silent American drama films 1914 drama films American black-and-white films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub

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