Men and Women is a 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.
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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
Richard Dix as Will Prescott
Claire Adams as Agnes Prescott
Neil Hamilton as Ned Seabury
Henry Stephenson as Arnold Kirke
Robert Edeson as Israel Cohen
Flora Finch as Kate
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.
Preservation
With no prints of Men and Women located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.