Men, Women, and Money

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Men, Women, and Money
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Directed by George Melford
Screenplay by Beulah Marie Dix
Cosmo Hamilton
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Ethel Clayton
James Neill
Jane Wolfe
Lew Cody
Sylvia Ashton
Irving Cummings
Winifred Greenwood
CinematographyPaul P. Perry
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • June 15, 1919 (1919-06-15)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
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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]

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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

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References

  1. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Men, Women and Money
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Men, Women, and Money". AFI. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Reviews: Men, Women, and Money". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 8 (25): 53. June 14, 1919.


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