''Man and Woman'' is a 1920 American silent

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produced by A. H. Fischer, Inc.

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s were Charles Logue and

B. A. Rolfe Benjamin Albert Rolfe (October 24, 1879 – April 23, 1956) was an American musician known as "The Boy Trumpet Wonder" who went on to be a bandleader, recording artist, radio personality, and film producer. Biography He was born on October 24, ...

with Gene O'Donnell and

Conrad Wells Conrad Wells (June 27, 1901 – January 2, 1930) was an American cinematographer and film editor. Biography Wells began his film career as a camera assistant, becoming a full cameraman in 1919. He specialized in outdoor cinematography often ...

(as A. Fried) as

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s. Logue wrote the story and the screenplay.

Plot

A young

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builds a bridge that later collapses which causes him to mentally collapse. He retreats to a South

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island and becomes a beachcomber. Later one of his former engineering supervisors comes to the island with his daughter to repair a

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. She bets the local Governor that she can dress up a beach bum to pass as a society swell. She picks the young former engineer. He decides to teach her a lesson and takes her to a

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colony where she is "treated like dirt". She learns her lesson and her father gives him a job at the lighthouse.

Cast

Diana Allen Diana Allen (1898 – June 12, 1949) was a Swedish-American actress and Ziegfeld girl who starred in silent films such as 1921's '' Miss 139'',Wollstein, Henry JStrangers in Hollywood: the History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1 ...

as Diana Murdock * Joe King as Joe *

Eddie Sturgis Eddie Sturgis (1881–1947), also known as Edwin Sturgis, Ed Sturgis, or Edward Sturgis, was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., his acting career began in the 1916 film '' The Los ...

as The Flash * John L. Shine as Greasy * Tatjana Irrah as The Duchess * Eleanor Cozzat as The Waif * G. H. Carlyle as The Beast * A. C. Milar as Murdock * Gordon Standing as Bradley * James Alling as Bishop Graham *

Herbert Standing Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the ...

as Governor-General * Pat Jennings as The First Mate * Dorothea Fischer as Perkins * Pat Fischer as Perkins * Harry F. Millarde

References

''Man and Woman''
at Southseascinema.org

External links

* 1920 films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films 1920 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by B. A. Rolfe Films directed by Charles A. Logue 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub