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The Waning Sex
Also known as Evas de Hoje in Brazil; Det svage Køn in Denmark; Maître Nicole et son fiancé in France; Sexo Fraco in Portugal
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6038 feet
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Cast: Norma Shearer [Nina Duane], Conrad Nagel [Philip Barry], George K. Arthur [Hamilton Day], Mary McAllister [Mary Booth], Charles McHugh [J.J. Flannigan], Tiny Ward [J.J. Murphy], Martha Mattox [Ellen B. Armstrong], William Bakewell, [?] Sally O’Neil?

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. / Produced by Harry Rapf. Scenario by F. Hugh Herbert, from an adaptation and continuity by F. Hugh Herbert and Frederica Sagor of the play The Waning Sex by Frederic Hatton and Fanny Hatton. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Youngblood. Costume design by André-ani, Kathleen Kay and Maude Marsh. Cinematography by Ben F. Reynolds. Film editor, William Le Vanway. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / Released 5 September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom on 11 April 1927. The film was released in Finland on 4 November 1927. The film was released in Portugal as Sexo Fraco on 13 March 1929.

Comedy: Romance.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; and in the Archives du Film du CNC film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Law: Lawyers

Listing updated: 30 November 2023.

References: Eames-MGM p. 32; Kobal-Fifty p. 32 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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