Manslaughter (1922)




Manslaughter

Manslaughter




Thrill-seeking society girl Lydia causes a motorcycle policeman's death and is prosecuted by her fiancé Daniel, who describes in lurid detail the downfall of Rome. While she's in prison, she reforms and Daniel becomes a wasted alcoholic.


Vintage magazines

Picture Play Magazine , January 1923
Picture Play Magazine , February 1923

Books with substantial mentioning of Manslaughter

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

James Robert Parish
Prison Pictures from Hollywood, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen
The Films of Cecil B. De Mille
New York, 1969
pp. 208-213 info

Articles on Manslaughter

Ronald Bowers, Manslaughter, in: Richard Dyer MacCann, Films of the 1920s, Lanham, Maryland & London, 1997