''A Man's World'' is a 1918 American silent

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

film, directed by

Herbert Blaché Herbert Blaché (5 October 1882 – 23 October 1953), born Herbert Reginald Gaston Blaché-Bolton was a British-born American film director, producer and screenwriter, born of a French father. He directed more than 50 films between 1912 and ...

. It stars Emily Stevens, John Merkyl, and Frederick Truesdell, and was released on June 24, 1918. It adapts the play of the same name by

Rachel Crothers Rachel Crothers (December 12, 1870 – July 5, 1958) was an American playwright and theater director known for her well-crafted plays that often dealt with feminist themes. Among theater historians, she is generally recognized as "the most succe ...

Cast list

* Emily Stevens as Frankie Ware * John Merkyl as David Powell (*aka Wilmuth Merkyl) * Frederick Truesdell as Malcolm Gaskell * Florence Short as Lione Brune * Baby Ivy Ward as Kiddie *

Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (July 18, 1893 – February 27, 1933) was an American silent film actor. Biography Born in 1893, during his two decade-long acting career spanning from 1912 to 1932, Hiers acted in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor ...

as Larry Hanlon *

Sidney Bracy Sidney Bracey (born Sidney Bracy; 18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. Born into an acting family, he began a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain usually as leading men in musicals and ...

as Emile Grimeaux * Vera Royer as Clara Oakes * Lucile Dorrington as Alice Ellery * Vinney Binns as Slavey

Reception

"In such films as ''A Man's World'' (1918) mily Stevensplayed the same strong modern woman character that she had created on the stage", wrote Roy Liebman.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Man's World (1918 film), A American films based on plays Metro Pictures films Films directed by Herbert Blaché American silent feature films American black-and-white films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films 1918 films 1910s English-language films 1910s American films English-language drama films