Adam and Evil is a 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by F. Hugh Herbert, Florence Ryerson and Ralph Spence. The film stars Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Gwen Lee, Gertrude Short, Hedda Hopper and Roy D'Arcy. The film was released on August 27, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
As described in a film publication, idealistic sculptor (Herbert), who has a "butterfly" wife (Hopper), is working on a nude group from life. He and his model (Munson/Thomas) fall in love but it is not a love to be realized. In the meantime the butterfly wife has become enmeshed in the nets of a dilettante artist (Crane). One night he pulls in the nets and she finds herself in his apartment. When the model realizes the sculptor is searching for his wife, she breaks into the dilettante's apartment, hides the wife, and plays the role of the reveler, saving the marriage of the man she loves.
Singer Nora (Mae Busch) left her husband for new flame Larry (Lew Cody); her husband's suicide cools the affair, and the pair meets again when, years later, Larry meets and falls in love with Nora's daughter.
May (Claire Windsor) is married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser (Conrad Nagel). During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer (Hedda Hopper) and trying to seduce him.
, 1h20 Directed byRobert Z. Leonard OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance ActorsNorma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Charles K. French, John Mack Brown, Eugenie Besserer Rating68% Dolly "Angel Face" Morgan is a parolee out to fleece any wealthy man who is taken in by her looks. She is recognized by two fellow con artists, Gwen and Brad. Since she needs some help, she allows them to help "pull a job," shaking down a wealthy man for $10,000 after her outraged "husband" (Brad) breaks in and finds them in a compromising situation. But when Brad has Gwen hide the money, and tells Dolly that their victim stopped payment on his check, Dolly takes all of the money and makes a quick getaway.
Matrimony is not only a good thing, but also a good financial deal: Lawyer Dick Tyler (Conrad Nagel) makes his merger bid for artist Doris (Marguerite de la Motte) as his partner Jim Knight (Lewis Stone) squanders the firm's asset on gold-digger Evelyn (Paulette Duval).