The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-16
CECIL DE MILE IN
 MALE: AND FEMALE" ! COMING ID STRAND
Master of Camera Craft to Be Seen in Dazzling Pro- duction at Popular
 Prices

Standing out as one of the most daz- zling productions ever made for the screen, Male and Female Cecil B. de Miles masterpiece is coming to the
 Strand theatre Wednesday for special engagement of four days. Nothing this master of camer craft has even before attempted approaches this latest super picture, and the name de Mile stands for some of the biggest things in the movies.
 What is more Male and Female" is going to be shown to movie fans of Birmingham at lower prices than it has ever before been exhibited in any thea tre. Manager Frank Hammond an- nounces that he is going to try an ex, pertinent for the benefit of his pat rons.
 Heretofore Male and Female" in the few big cities where it has been shown. has never been offered at less than 50 cents, and that represents an advance over the usual scale. The Strand is going to show this wonder of photoplay art at its usual scale of prices, believ- ing that the patrons of the theatre are entitled to everything that the manage ment can afford to offer. Male and Female" is one of the few pictures that is worthy of being shown
 
 ordinary picture, it is extraordinary. Mr de Mile has many great produc- auctions to his credit. but nothing that approaches in magnitude Male and Female" It is greater than the Miracle Man, with an extraordinary cast. Thomas Meighan, whose recent pro- auctions have caused critics to hail
 him as one of the greatest actors of he screen, and Gloria Swanson, the dazzling, have the leading roles. In their support are seen such players las Lila Lee. star in her own right Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton,
 Bebe Daniels. Mabel Reardon, Robert Cain, Mayme Kelso, Guy Oliver and others.
 The production itself sets a new mark for gorgeousness. Major Ian Hay Beith spent four months with the company making sure that the English atmos- phere was maintained Fifty thousand dollars were spent in converting the des- ert island of Santa Cruz into a tropical isle. These are but some of the fea- lures.
 The story itself is adapted from Sir James M Barrie's great stage success, The Admirable Crichton.' Thomas Meighan portrays the role of Crichton, the butler in the home of Lord Loam,
 British peer of the old school. His daughter. Lady Mary, is an ele-
 gante, and believes that servants are of baser clay The entire family start on
 yachting trip and Crichton Is taken along as valet to the party, while | Tweeny, the scullery maid, goes as lady's maid.
 Through carelessness of the helmsman the party is cast away on a desert island. Then the peers and ladies find themselves at the mercy of nature, while
 Crichton rises to his place as the ruler | of the party.
 The entire party sees life in differ
 ent light. and Lady Mary reaches the
 point where she fights for the right to serve Crichton his dinner. He is no longer a butler, but a man and she loves him.
 1 Then ship is sighted and the rarty , is rescued. What happens when the party returns to civilization brings the
 story to most dramatic climax.
 Male and Female will be shown at
 the regular Strand prices from Wednes-
 day through Thursday.