Mice and Men (film)
{{short description|1916 film by J. Searle Dawley}}
{{for|film adaptations of John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men|Of Mice and Men (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mice and Men
| image = Miceandmen - 1916 - newspaper ad.jpg
| caption = Film's promotion in 1916 newspaper
| director = J. Searle Dawley
| producer = Daniel Frohman
| based_on = {{based on|Mice and Men
1901 play|Madeleine Lucette Ryley}}
| writer = Hugh Ford (scenario)
| starring = Marguerite Clark
| music =
| cinematography = H. Lyman Broening
| editing =
| studio = Famous Players Film Company
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1916|1|10}}
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = Silent film
(English intertitles)
}}
Mice and Men is a lost 1916 silent romance film directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring Marguerite Clark, and based on a 1901 Broadway play, Mice and Men by Madeleine Lucette Ryley.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082759/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16598 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Mice and Men](Wayback)
Plot
In Virginia, Mark Embury, a rich man, having made desperate attempts to find a wife, decides to raise a young girl he has adopted, Peggy, in order to marry her. But she falls in love with George Lovell, Embury's nephew.{{Cite book |last=Ebner |first=David |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Hollywood_s_Image_of_the_South/QBPHEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=J.+Searle+Dawley+Of+Mice+and+Men&pg=PA25&printsec=frontcover |title=Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films |last2=Langman |first2=Larry |date=2001-09-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-01697-4 |language=en}}
Cast
- Marguerite Clark - Peggy
- Marshall Neilan - Captain George Lovell
- Charles Waldron - Mark Embury
- Clarence Handyside - Roger Goodlake
- Maggie Fisher - Mrs. Deborrah
- Helen Dahl - Joanna
- Robert Conville - Minister Goodlake/Servant to Goodlake
- William McKey - Embury's Servant
- Ada Deaves - Matron
- Francesca Warde - Mammy
Reception
The film was praised in reviews in The Moving Picture World and Motion Picture News.{{Cite book |last=Nunn |first=William Curtis |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Marguerite_Clark_America_s_Darling_of_Br/O_2Gn0a5GlkC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=J.+Searle+Dawley+Of+Mice+and+Men&pg=PA74&printsec=frontcover |title=Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen |date=1981 |publisher=TCU Press |isbn=978-0-912646-69-5 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0007060}}
- [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mice-and-men-v102215 Mice and Men, AllMovie.com]
- {{TCMDb title|id=553049}}
- {{AFI film|16598}}
- [https://archive.org/details/micemenromanticc00ryle/page/n1/mode/2up Mice and men, a romantic comedy in four acts] by Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language romance films
Category:Films directed by J. Searle Dawley
Category:Lost American romance films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Silent American romance films
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