Deadlier Than the Male intrigue when he comes to visit. The title is a reference to the 1911 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Female of the Species," which includes the line, "The female of the species must be deadlier than the male", and also refers to Sapper's earlier Drummond book, "The Female of the Species". The working title of the film was "The Female of the Species". "Deadlier Than the Male", the song featured in the film`s opening credit sequence, was performed by the Walker Brothers. Filmed in Technicolor and Techniscope, portions of the film were shot in Lerici, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. A sequel,
Male and Female two famous scenes, indicative of de Mille's predilections as a filmmaker. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: "Male and Female" was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on January 28, 2014. Male and Female Male and Female is a 1919 American silent adventure/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan. Its main themes are gender relations and social class. The film is based on the J. M. Barrie play "The Admirable Crichton". A previous version was filmed the year before in England as "The Admirable Crichton". The