Men, Women, and Money

1919 film by George Melford

June 15, 1919 (1919-06-15)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Men, Women, and Money is a lost^[1] 1919 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Beulah Marie Dix and Cosmo Hamilton. The film stars Ethel Clayton, James Neill, Jane Wolfe, Lew Cody, Sylvia Ashton, Irving Cummings, and Winifred Greenwood. The film was released on June 15, 1919, by Paramount Pictures.^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] left an orphan with $2,000 in cash, Marcel Middleton (Clayton) goes to visit some friends in New York City, where her phenomenal luck in bridge nets her funds for her support. Innocently, she falls in with a fast crowd and finds making ends meet a difficult task. Cleveland Buchanan (Cody) and Julian Chadwick (Cummings) become suitors, but their proposals do not include matrimony. With her luck at cards failing, she becomes indebted to Buchanan. When she refuses his attentions, he resolves to make himself worthy of her honest love and reforms himself. When Marcel obtains an engagement as a cloak model for fashionable customers, Chadwick makes plans for her ruin, but Buchanan rescues her in time and they are married.

Cast

Ethel Clayton as Marcel Middleton
James Neill as Parker Middleton
Jane Wolfe as Sara Middleton
Lew Cody as Cleveland Buchanan
Sylvia Ashton as Aunt Hannah
Irving Cummings as Julian Chadwick
Winifred Greenwood as Noel Parkton
Edna Mae Cooper as Miss Cote
Leslie Stuart as Toto
Mayme Kelso as Madame Ribout
Lillian Leighton as Mrs. Weeks
Lallah Rookh Hart as Miss Dunston
ZaSu Pitts as Katie Jones
Fay Holderness as Mrs. Parkton
Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Channing
Charles Ogle as Dr. Malcolm Lloyd
Marie Newall as Cora

References

^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Men, Women and Money
^ Janiss Garza (2015). "Men-Women-and-Money - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Men, Women, and Money". AFI. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
^ "Reviews: Men, Women, and Money". Exhibitors Herald. 8 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53. June 14, 1919.