Manslaughter (1922)
September 24, 1922Release Date
Manslaughter (1922)
September 24, 1922Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Leatrice Joy
Lydia Thorne
Thomas Meighan
Daniel J. O'Bannon
Lois Wilson
Evans - Lydia's Maid
John Miltern
Gov. Stephan Albee
George Fawcett
Judge Homans
Julia Faye
Mrs. Drummond
Edythe Chapman
Adeline Bennett
Jack Mower
Drummond - Policeman
Dorothy Cumming
Eleanor Bellington
Casson Ferguson
Bobby Dorest
Michael D. Moore
Dicky Evans
James Neill
Butler
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Sylvia Ashton
Prison Matron
Jeanie Macpherson
Writer
Raymond Hatton
Brown
Alice Duer Miller
Writer
Mabel Van Buren
Prisoner
L. Guy Wilky
Cinematographer
Ethel Wales
Prisoner
Dale Fuller
Prisoner
Alvin Wyckoff
Cinematographer
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Edward Martindel
Wiley
Charles Ogle
Doctor
Guy Oliver
Musician
Shannon Day
Miss Santa Claus
Lucien Littlefield
Witness
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Spottiswoode Aitken
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Clarence Burton
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Charles West
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
O'Bannon's Aide (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Lydia's Chaperone (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Prison Inmate in Laundry Sequence (uncredited)
Michael Dark
Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Bolder
Speakeasy Doorman (uncredited)
Mildred Reardon
New Year's Guest (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 24, 1922
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Manslaughter is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, and Lois Wilson. It was scripted by Jeanie MacPherson adapted from the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller. The film portrays the main character, Lydia Thorne, as a thrill-seeking, self-entitled, and wild woman who does not have a reputation of thinking before acting. She acts selfishly by dancing with other men in the presence of her husband and not providing help to her maid who is in dire need for her son's health. As a result of her numerous poor decisions, she is taken to court because of a vehicle accident entailing a high-speed chase she has with a motorcyclist policeman. Following this accident, she is imprisoned for manslaughter after being prosecuted by her husband, Daniel O'Bannon, who is a lawyer. After this endeavor, Lydia comes out of jail to find her husband has become an alcoholic.
This film was one of the first to depict very graphic scenes of men plundering a room of women, meant to represent the descent of Lydia's privileged life, and this film contained various imagery depicting life among the upper-class society. Manslaughter was the first film to show an erotic kiss between two members of the same sex. The film consists of a character development that added to the film's success, and at the time, romance was a popular hit of the time because of the demographic that the films were addressing.
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