{"id":25889,"date":"2012-05-16T10:08:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T17:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25889"},"modified":"2020-12-28T10:59:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T17:59:49","slug":"male-and-female-1919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25889","title":{"rendered":"Male and Female (1919)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Would you put a Jack Daw and a Bird of Paradise in the same cage?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Poster.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA butler (Thomas Meighan) with a crush on the aristocratic Lady (Gloria Swanson) he works for is given an unexpected chance to romance her when she and her family are shipwrecked on a deserted island, and Meighan becomes their de facto ruler.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cecil B. DeMille Films<\/li>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Gloria Swanson Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDespite Gloria Swanson&#8217;s status as one of the most popular and beloved actresses of the silent era, Peary only lists two of her pre-<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3986\"><em>Sunset Boulevard<\/em><\/a> titles in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>: Erich von Stroheim&#8217;s notoriously unfinished <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24883\"><em>Queen Kelly<\/em> (1929)<\/a>, and this much earlier Cecil B. DeMille title (which is credited with helping the 20-year-old Swanson achieve fame as a romantic lead). Adapted from J.M. Barrie&#8217;s play <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Admirable_Crichton\"><em>The Admirable Crichton<\/em><\/a>, it tells a farcical fable about what might happen if all class-based trappings were suddenly stripped away, leaving both the nobility and the working class to fend for themselves in nature. Naturally, the aristocratic ninnies in this story haven&#8217;t the first clue how to survive, leaving it conveniently up to Meighan to take charge and show them how to build a fire, construct shelter, etc. Things turn undeniably silly when Meighan abuses his privileges to become a petty tyrant, fending off advances from not only the reformed Swanson, but a pretty young maid (Lila Lee) with a ferocious crush of her own on Meighan. However, while this film hasn&#8217;t dated well enough to remain must-see viewing on its own merits, it&#8217;s worth a look simply to see beautiful young Swanson in one her best-known early roles. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An amusing exploration of class relations<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Social-Commentary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Social-Commentary.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Social-Commentary.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Social-Commentary-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Social-Commentary-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Triangle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Triangle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Triangle.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Triangle-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Male-and-Female-Triangle-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look to see young Swanson at the height of her beauty. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0010418\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Would you put a Jack Daw and a Bird of Paradise in the same cage?&#8221; Synopsis: A butler (Thomas Meighan) with a crush on the aristocratic Lady (Gloria Swanson) he works for is given an unexpected chance to romance her when she and her family are shipwrecked on a deserted island, and Meighan becomes their de facto ruler. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Cecil B. DeMille Films Class Relations Cross-Class Romance Gloria Swanson Films Play Adaptations Silent Films Survival Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25889\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25889"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60202,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25889\/revisions\/60202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}