Mice and Men (film)

1916 film by J. Searle Dawley

For film adaptations of John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, see Of Mice and Men (disambiguation).

Mice and Men

Film's promotion in 1916 newspaper

Directed by| J. Searle Dawley
Written by| Hugh Ford (scenario)
Based on| Mice and Men
1901 play
by Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Produced by| Daniel Frohman
Starring| Marguerite Clark
Cinematography| H. Lyman Broening

Production
company

Famous Players Film Company

Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* January 10, 1916 (1916-01-10)

Country| United States
Languages| 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.[1]

## Plot

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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.[2]

## Cast

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* 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

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The film was praised in reviews in The Moving Picture World and Motion Picture News.[3]

## References

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1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Mice and Men(Wayback)
2. ^ Ebner, David; Langman, Larry (September 30, 2001). Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-01697-4.
3. ^ Nunn, William Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark, America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. ISBN 978-0-912646-69-5.

## External links

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* Mice and Men at IMDb
* Mice and Men, AllMovie.com
* Mice and Men at the TCM Movie Database
* Mice and Men at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
* Mice and men, a romantic comedy in four acts by Madeleine Lucette Ryley

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