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
The Social Leper
Released on: 1917-03-19
Drama, Crime
A clairvoyant warns divorcée Adrienne Van Couver to beware of Robert Warren, whom she has spurned. T...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Released on: 1923-09-06
Romance, Drama, Horror
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only ...
Jus' Passin' Through
Released on: 1923-10-14
Comedy
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.
Damn the War
Released on: 1914-04-30
War, Drama
An army pilot is visiting the home of another army pilot in a neighboring country, and falling in lo...
Soft Pedal
Released on: 1926-01-31
Comedy
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.
Anna Karenine
Released on: 1917-11-01
Drama
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w...
Night and the City
Released on: 1950-06-15
Drama, Crime
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with ...
A Daughter of the Sea
Released on: 1915-11-22
Drama
Margot, the motherless daughter of a New England fisherman, dreams of a better life. After rescuing ...
Swimfan
Released on: 2002-09-06
Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Drama
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fa...
The Sealed Room
Released on: 1909-09-02
Romance, Drama, History, Horror
The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can s...
Red Pearls
Released on: 1930-02-01
Drama, Crime
A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murde...
A Cuban Fight Against Demons
Released on: 1972-01-02
Drama
In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country. ...
Dante's Inferno
Released on: 1911-03-10
Fantasy, Drama
A two-reel adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Helios Film. It is less...
Lifetime of Comedy
Released on: 1960-01-01
Comedy
Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye & Bi...
All That Jazz
Released on: 1979-12-16
Drama
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in mus...
Leave Her to Heaven
Released on: 1945-12-25
Drama, Thriller, Romance
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy i...
Ballads of the Exodus
Released on: 2020-06-04
Drama, Music
The life of Moses as told through the Book of Exodus, the imagination of a dying boy, and the ballad...
The Lady and the Mouse
Released on: 1913-04-26
Drama
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if ...
Le mogli e le arance
Released on: 1917-10-01
Comedy
Le mogli e le arance is characterized by a wonderful sereneness. It is the kind of quietude which ma...
The Robber's Sweetheart
Released on: 1907-03-12
Drama
Jim, a robber, is in love with the chief’s bride Clara, who firmly rejects his many advances. In rev...