Man, Woman & Marriage

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Man, Woman & Marriage
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Directed by Allen Holubar
Written by Olga Scholl
Story byAllen Holubar
Produced byAllen Holubar
Albert A. Kaufman
Starring Dorothy Phillips
Cinematography H. Lyman Broening
Blake Wagner
Byron Haskin
Edited by Viola Lawrence
Distributed by Associated First National Pictures
Release date
  • March 27, 1921 (1921-03-27)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Man, Woman & Marriage is a 1921 American silent drama film produced and directed by Allen Holubar and starring Dorothy Phillips. It was released through Associated First National Pictures. [1] [2] It is also known under the title Man-Woman-Marriage.

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Plot

Cast

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Production

The film attracted publicity in 1920, months before its release, because 160 of the extras in its battle scene filed injury reports with California's State Industrial Commission on September 14, 1920. [3] Reportedly, nine of the participants were hospitalized after being hurt during the filming near Chatsworth, California.

Reception

In his review for the first incarnation of Life , Robert E. Sherwood called the film "the world's worst movie". Sherwood described the film as "a grotesque hodgepodge about woman's rights through the ages (interminable ages they are, too) with a great deal of ham allegory and cheap religious drool, used to cloud the real motif — which is sex appeal." [4]

Preservation status

The film is preserved in the EYE Institut collection Filmmuseum, Amsterdam. [5]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Man, Woman & Marriage
  2. Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p. 188, c.1953 by Daniel Blum; pub. Doubleday
  3. "Casualties Galore in Film Amazons' Bareback Charge", Los Angeles Times, September 15, 1920, p1
  4. Sherwood, Robert E. (February 17, 1921). "The Silent Drama". Life. 77 (1998): 248. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  5. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Man, Woman & Marriage