Mice and Men is a 1916 American silent romance film directed by J. Searle Dawley, starring Marguerite Clark, and based on a 1901 Broadway play, Mice and Men by Madeleine Lucette Ryley.
Plot In Virginia, Mark Embury, a rich man, having made desperate attempts to find a wife, decides to raise a young girl he has adopted, Peggy, in order to marry her. But she falls in love with George Lovell, Embury's nephew.
Cast Marguerite Clark - Peggy Marshall Neilan - Captain George Lovell Charles Waldron - Mark Embury Clarence Handyside - Roger Goodlake Maggie Fisher - Mrs. Deborrah Helen Dahl - Joanna Robert Conville - Minister Goodlake/Servant to Goodlake William McKey - Embury's Servant Ada Deaves - Matron Francesca Warde - Mammy
Reception The film was praised in reviews in The Moving Picture World and Motion Picture News.
Preservation Mic and Men is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
References
External links
Mice and Men, AllMovie.com
Mice and men, a romantic comedy in four acts by Madeleine Lucette Ryley