The Deadlier Sex (1920)
• March 28th, 1920 • 1h 0min
Drama, Comedy
Overview
The Deadlier Sex features Blanche Sweet playing the daughter of a railroad magnate (Winter Hall) who has to take charge when her father unexpectedly dies. She uses her outdoor survival skills to kidnap a business rival to save the company from a stock market struggle. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Civilized Eagles
Released on: 1927-08-31
Romance, Drama
The love story between a peasant woman and her employer.
Under the Lantern
Released on: 1928-08-08
Drama
Else Riedel (Lissy Arna), locked out by her authoritarian father, seeks refuge with her boyfriend Ha...
Sherlock Jr.
Released on: 1924-04-17
Action, Comedy, Mystery
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed b...
Sleuth
Released on: 1972-12-10
Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Comedy
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits ...
The Prestige
Released on: 2006-10-17
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supre...
The Wild Soccer Bunch 4
Released on: 2007-02-01
Comedy, Family, Adventure
With the victory against "The Beastly Beasts", "The Wild Soccer Bunch" showed it to everyone and the...
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Released on: 1928-04-21
Drama, History
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-c...
Closely Watched Trains
Released on: 1966-11-18
Comedy, Drama, War
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to...
The Music Room
Released on: 1958-10-10
Drama, Music
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices h...
The Block Signal
Released on: 1926-09-15
Drama, Thriller
Joe Ryan, a veteran train engineer, is demoted to a flagman position after a disastrous crash-- one ...
L'Héritière
Released on: 2002-01-12
Comedy, Drama
After the death of her father, whom she never knew, a young woman finds herself at the head of a lar...
Yaariyan
Released on: 2014-01-10
Drama, Romance
A college student must win an inter college competition to save his college from being demolished by...
Summer Storm
Released on: 2004-09-02
Comedy, Drama
Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are co...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Released on: 1928-01-22
Comedy
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This fi...
Once Upon a Time in the West
Released on: 1968-12-21
Drama, Western
As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jil...
People on Sunday
Released on: 1930-02-04
Drama
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. Wit...