Men and Women (1914 film)

Men and Women
Directed by	James Kirkwood D. W. Griffith (supervising director)
Written by	David Belasco (play) Henry Churchill de Mille (play) Frank E. Woods (scenario)
Produced by	Biograph Company Marc Klaw Abraham Erlanger
Starring	Lionel Barrymore Blanche Sweet
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	August 1914 (1914-08)
Running time	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.

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 - 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 - 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 (uncredited)
• Lillian Gish (uncredited)
• Vivian Prescott (uncredited)

Legacy

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

See also

• Lionel Barrymore filmography
• Blanche Sweet filmography

External links

• Men and Women at IMDb.com
• allmovie/synopsis