A Tale of Two Cities (1917 film)

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A Tale of Two Cities
File:A Tale of Two Cities 1917.jpg
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Written by	Charles Dickens (novel) Frank Lloyd
Starring	William Farnum Jewel Carmen Charles Clary Herschel Mayall
Cinematography	William C. Foster George Schneiderman
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	March 11, 1917
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

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' novel of the same title, which has been filmed a number of times.^[1]

Plot summary

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

Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). A Tale of Two Cities at IMDb

v t e The films of Frank Lloyd
1910s	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)
1920s	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)
1930s	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)
1940s	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)
1950s	The Shanghai Story (1954) The Last Command (1955)
Productions	Saboteur (1942) The Spoilers (1942) Invisible Agent (1942)

v t e Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities
Characters	Sydney Carton Lucie Manette Charles Darnay Alexandre Manette Monsieur Ernest Defarge Madame Thérèse Defarge Jarvis Lorry Miss Pross Marquis St. Evrémonde John Barsad Jerry Cruncher Stryver The Seamstress
Film	A Tale of Two Cities (1911) A Tale of Two Cities (1917) A Tale of Two Cities (1922) The Only Way (1927) A Tale of Two Cities (1935) A Tale of Two Cities (1958) A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Television Parodies	"The Story of Flibber-o-loo" (VeggieTales) "A Tale of Two Cities" (Lost) "A Tale of Two Springfields" (The Simpsons)
Musicals	Two Cities (2006) A Tale of Two Cities (2007)

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