The Enemy Sex

1924 film by James Cruze

  • August 25, 1924 (1924-08-25)
Running time
80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)
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The Enemy Sex is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Betty Compson and directed by her husband James Cruze. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It is taken from the 1914 novel The Salamander by Owen Johnson.[1][2]

Plot

Cast

  • Betty Compson as "Dodo" Baxter
  • Percy Marmont as Garry Lindaberry
  • Sheldon Lewis as Albert Edward Sassoon
  • Huntley Gordon as Judge Massingale
  • Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Massingale
  • DeWitt Jennings as Harrigan Blood
  • Edward Faust as Comte de Joncy (credited as Ed Faust)
  • William H. Turner as Blaineey
  • Pauline Bush as Miss Snyder
  • Dot Farley as Ida Summers
  • William Austin as Joe's Friend (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Dwan as Showgirl (uncredited)
  • Pauline French as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Preservation

A print of The Enemy Sex is preserved at the Library of Congress, Packard Campus.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Enemy Sex at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Enemy Sex
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Enemy Sex
  4. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Enemy Sex.
  • The Enemy Sex at IMDb
  • The Enemy Sex at the TCM Movie Database
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
  • Still with Dorothy Dwan at gettyimages.com
  • book cover of Owen Johnson's book The Salamander (Yesterday's Gallery & Babylon Revisited, rare books
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