The Enemy Sex

The Enemy Sex
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Harvey F. Thew Walter Woods
Based on	The Salamander by Owen Johnson
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Betty Compson
Cinematography	Karl Brown
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 25, 1924 (1924-08-25)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Enemy Sex is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Betty Compson and directed by her husband James Cruze. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It is taken from the 1914 novel The Salamander by Owen Johnson.^[1]^[2]

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Plot

Cast

Betty Compson as "Dodo" Baxter
Percy Marmont as Garry Lindaberry
Sheldon Lewis as Albert Edward Sassoon
Huntley Gordon as Judge Massingale
Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Massingale
DeWitt Jennings as Harrigan Blood
Edward Faust as Comte de Joncy (credited as Ed Faust)
William H. Turner as Blaineey
Pauline Bush as Miss Snyder
Dot Farley as Ida Summers
William Austin as Joe's Friend (uncredited)
Dorothy Dwan as Showgirl (uncredited)
Pauline French as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Preservation

A print of The Enemy Sex is preserved at the Library of Congress, Packard Campus.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Enemy Sex at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Enemy Sex
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Enemy Sex
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Enemy Sex.

The Enemy Sex at IMDb
The Enemy Sex at the TCM Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie
Still with Dorothy Dwan at gettyimages.com
book cover of Owen Johnson's book The Salamander (Yesterday's Gallery & Babylon Revisited, rare books

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