A Tale of Two Cities (1917 film)
1917 American film
- March 11, 1917 (1917-03-11)
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A Tale of Two Cities is a 1917 American silent historical drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, and Charles Clary. The film is based on Charles Dickens' 1859 novel of the same name, which has been filmed a number of times.[1]
Premise
During the French Revolution a British lawyer courageously takes the place of a French aristocrat sentenced to be guillotined.
Cast
- William Farnum as Charles Darnay / Sydney Carton
- Jewel Carmen as Lucie Manette
- Charles Clary as Marquis St. Evenmonde
- Herschel Mayall as Jacques Defarge
- Rosita Marstini as Madame Therese Defarge
- Josef Swickard as Dr. Alexandre Manette
- Ralph Lewis as Roger Cly
- William Clifford as Gabelle
- Marc Robbins as Jarvis Lorry
- Olive White as Miss Pross
- Willard Louis as Mr. CJ Stryver
- Harry De Vere as Gaspard
- Florence Vidor as Mimi
References
- ^ Goble p.974
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Tale of Two Cities (1917 film).
- A Tale of Two Cities at IMDb
- A Tale of Two Cities at AllMovie
- A Tale of Two Cities at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- A Tale of Two Cities at the TCM Movie Database
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The films of Frank Lloyd
- The Gentleman from Indiana (1915)
- Jane (1915)
- The Reform Candidate (1915)
- The Tongues of Men (1916)
- The Call of the Cumberlands (1916)
- Madame la Presidente (1916)
- The Code of Marcia Gray (1916)
- David Garrick (1916)
- The Making of Maddalena (1916)
- An International Marriage (1916)
- The Stronger Love (1916)
- The Intrigue (1916)
- Sins of Her Parent (1916)
- The World and the Woman (1916)
- The Kingdom of Love (1917)
- The Price of Silence (1917)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
- American Methods (1917)
- When a Man Sees Red (1917)
- Les Misérables (1917)
- The Heart of a Lion (1917)
- The Blindness of Divorce (1918)
- True Blue (1918)
- Riders of the Purple Sage (1918)
- The Rainbow Trail (1918)
- For Freedom (1918)
- The Man Hunter (1919)
- Pitfalls of a Big City (1919)
- The World and Its Woman (1919)
- The Loves of Letty (1919)
- The Woman in Room 13 (1920)
- The Silver Horde (1920)
- Madame X (1920)
- The Great Lover (1920)
- A Tale of Two Worlds (1921)
- Roads of Destiny (1921)
- A Voice in the Dark (1921)
- The Invisible Power (1921)
- The Grim Comedian (1921)
- The Man from Lost River (1921)
- The Eternal Flame (1922)
- The Sin Flood (1922)
- Oliver Twist (1922)
- The Voice from the Minaret (1923)
- Within the Law (1923)
- Ashes of Vengeance (1923)
- Black Oxen (1923)
- The Sea Hawk (1924)
- The Silent Watcher (1924)
- Her Husband's Secret (1925)
- Winds of Chance (1925)
- The Splendid Road (1925)
- The Wise Guy (1926)
- The Eagle of the Sea (1926)
- Children of Divorce (1927)
- Adoration (1928)
- Weary River (1929)
- The Divine Lady (1929)
- Drag (1929)
- Dark Streets (1929)
- Young Nowheres (1929)
- Son of the Gods (1930)
- The Way of All Men (1930)
- The Lash (1930)
- The Right of Way (1931)
- East Lynne (1931)
- The Age for Love (1931)
- A Passport to Hell (1932)
- Cavalcade (1933)
- Berkeley Square (1933)
- Hoop-La (1933)
- Servants' Entrance (1934)
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
- Under Two Flags (1936)
- Maid of Salem (1937)
- Wells Fargo (1937)
- If I Were King (1938)
- Rulers of the Sea (1939)
- The Howards of Virginia (1940)
- This Woman Is Mine (1941)
- The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
- Forever and a Day (1943)
- Blood on the Sun (1945)
- The Shanghai Story (1954)
- The Last Command (1955)
- Saboteur (1942)
- The Spoilers (1942)
- Invisible Agent (1942)
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