Male and Female

Name: Male and Female
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Genre: ผจญ, หนังชีวิต
Released: 1919-11-23
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 6.44
Cast: Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson, Lila Lee, Theodore Roberts, Robert Cain

"CECIL B DE MILLE'S SUBLIME MIRROR OF LIFE"

When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

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Thomas Meighan

William Crichton, the butler
Gloria Swanson

Lady Mary Lasenby
Lila Lee

Tweeny, the scullery maid
Theodore Roberts

Lord Loam
Robert Cain

Lord Brockelhurst
Raymond Hatton

Honorable Ernest 'Ernie' Wolley
Bebe Daniels

The King's favorite
Julia Faye

Susan - Maid #2
Mildred Reardon

Lady Agatha Lasenby

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When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

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6.4 / 10

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5 6 มิ.ย. 2565

Sir J.M. Barrie was still very much alive and kicking when this well crafted adaptation of his "Admirable Crichton" (1902) story was made and I wonder if he ever saw it... It is the story of the "Earl of Loam" (Theodore Roberts) who decides to take his entirely spoiled, aristocratic family on his yacht for a cruise on the South Seas. It's up to the butler "Crichton" (Thomas Meighan) to organise it all before the mollycoddled bunch all set sail... It's all, well, plain sailing until their boat runs aground on a desert island and their whole, nicely ordered, lives are thrown asunder... In order to survive, let alone thrive, in this outwardly hostile place, they must forget the protocols and deferences that bound their hitherto formal relationships and it isn't soon before roles are reversed and the butler is in charge... The original story offers a whimsical swipe at the landed gentry - amiably exemplified here by Roberts, Robert Cain ("Lord Brocklehurst") and the feisty "Lady Mary" (Gloria Swanson) - but it is also a bit of a love story that demonstrates how their lives might progress without the social restrictions placed on them - indeed, until the timely arrival of a rescue ship - their new meritocracy might just have prevailed!. The characters are exactly that, they add a richness to the story that is well developed here by the likes of the delightful scullery maid Lila Lee and "Lady Agatha" - who has about as much common sense as a teabag (Mildred Reardon) as well as Mayme Kelso ensuring due propriety at the end... This is a thoroughly enjoyable film that looks great, flows well and makes us all think, just a little about the things we all take for granted.