Manslaughter (1922 film) - Directed by Cecil B. DeMille - Full Movie

Society-girl thrill seeker Lydia causes the death of motorcycle policeman 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.

Manslaughter is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, and Lois Wilson. It was scripted by Jeanie MacPherson adapted from the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller. The film portrays the main character, Lydia Thorne, as a thrill-seeking, self-entitled, and wild woman who does not have a reputation of thinking before acting.

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Written by: Jeanie MacPherson
Based on: Manslaughter by Alice Duer Miller
Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse L. Lasky
Starring: Leatrice Joy
Cinematography: L. Guy Wilky, Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by: Anne Bauchens
Production company: Famous Players-Lasky
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release date: September 24, 1922
Running time: 100 minutes, (10 reels; 9,061 feet)
Country: United States
Languages: Silent, English intertitles
Budget: $385,000