Male and Female is a 1919 American silent adventure/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan.[2] Its main themes are gender relations and social class. The film is based on the J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton. A previous version was filmed the year before in England as The Admirable Crichton. Cast Lila Lee as Tweeny, the scullery maid Theodore Roberts as Lord Loam Raymond Hatton as Honorable Ernest 'Ernie' Wolley Mildred Reardon as Lady Agatha 'Aggie' Lasenby Gloria Swanson as Lady Mary Lasenby Thomas Meighan as Crichton, the butler Robert Cain as Lord Brockelhurst Bebe Daniels as King's Favorite Julia Faye as Susan, 2nd Maid Rhy Darby as Lady Eileen Duncraigie Edmund Burns as Treherne Henry Woodward as McGuire, Lady Eileen's Chauffeur Sydney Deane as Thomas Wesley Barry as Buttons, the Boy Slats the Lion
Male and Female is a 1919 American silent adventure/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan.[2] Its main themes are gender relations and social class. The film is based on the J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton. A previous version was filmed the year before in England as The Admirable Crichton. Cast Lila Lee as Tweeny, the scullery maid Theodore Roberts as Lord Loam Raymond Hatton as Honorable Ernest 'Ernie' Wolley Mildred Reardon as Lady Agatha 'Aggie' Lasenby Gloria Swanson as Lady Mary Lasenby Thomas Meighan as Crichton, the butler Robert Cain as Lord Brockelhurst Bebe Daniels as King's Favorite Julia Faye as Susan, 2nd Maid Rhy Darby as Lady Eileen Duncraigie Edmund Burns as Treherne Henry Woodward as McGuire, Lady Eileen's Chauffeur Sydney Deane as Thomas Wesley Barry as Buttons, the Boy Slats the Lion