Know Your Men

1921 film by Charles Giblyn

March 13, 1921 (1921-03-13)

Running time

6 reels; 5,315 feetCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Know Your Men is a 1921 American silent melodrama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Charles Giblyn, and starring Pearl White. It is now considered to be a lost film.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film publication summary,^[2] Ellen (White) is in love with Roy Phelps (Lytell), but marries Warren Schuyler (Clarke), who is a good man, to protect her father's honor. Roy later returns and rekindles her love, and Ellen goes with him. However, she soon discovers his villainy, and, penitent, returns and is taken back by her husband, whom she now realizes she loves.

Cast

Pearl White as Ellen Schuyler
Wilfred Lytell as Roy Phelps
Downing Clarke as Warren Schuyler
Harry C. Browne as John Barrett
Estar Banks as Mrs. Barrett
Byron Douglas as Van Horn
William Eville as Watson

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Know Your Men
^ "Know Your Men: A Fairly Interesting Story with Star in a New Role". Film Daily. 15 (75). New York City: Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 22 March 20, 1921. Retrieved March 14, 2014.