Men and Women

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)