Male and Female | |
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Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Written by | Jeanie MacPherson |
Based on | The Admirable Crichton by J. M. Barrie |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Gloria Swanson Thomas Meighan |
Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Music by | Sydney Jill Lehman (1997 version) |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $168,619.28[1] |
Box office | $1,256,226.59[1] |
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 1902 J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton.[1][3]
A previous version was filmed the year before in England as The Admirable Crichton.