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'''''A Tale of Two Cities''''' ([[1911 in film|1911]]) is a [[silent film]] directed by [[William J. Humphrey]], loosely based on the novel by [[Charles Dickens]]. |
'''''A Tale of Two Cities''''' ([[1911 in film|1911]]) is a [[silent film]] directed by [[William J. Humphrey]], loosely based on the novel by [[Charles Dickens]]. |
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According to film historian [[Anthony Slide]], this was a three-reel film, totalling 30 minutes, released in weekly one-reel segments. Talmadge played the small role of Mimi the Seamstress, who accompanies Sidney Carton to the guillotine.<ref name=slide>{{Cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2002|pages=374|isbn=0-813-12249-X}}</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TaleofTwoCities1911.html SilentEra entry]</ref> |
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* {{imdb title|0001915|A Tale of Two Cities}} |
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* [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TaleofTwoCities1911.html A Tale of Two Cities (1911) at SilentEra] |
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Revision as of 15:37, 3 August 2011
| A Tale of Two Cities | |
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| Directed by | William J. Humphrey |
| Written by | Charles Dickens (novel) Eugene Mullin (scenario) |
| Produced by | J. Stuart Blackton |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
Release dates | 21 February 1911 (reel 1) 24 February 1911 (reel 2) 25 February 1911 (reel 3) |
Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | Silent film |
A Tale of Two Cities (1911) is a silent film directed by William J. Humphrey, loosely based on the novel by Charles Dickens.
According to film historian Anthony Slide, this was a three-reel film, totalling 30 minutes, released in weekly one-reel segments. Talmadge played the small role of Mimi the Seamstress, who accompanies Sidney Carton to the guillotine.[1][2]
Cast
- Maurice Costello...Sydney Carton
- Florence Turner...Lucie Manette
- John Bunny
- Norma Talmadge...Woman on the way to the guillotine[3]
- William J. Humphrey...The Duke D'Evremonde
- Florence Foley
- Kenneth Casey...Duke's Son
- Ralph Ince
- James W. Morrison...Peasant Brother
- Julia Swayne Gordon
- Charles Kent...Dr. Manette
- Tefft Johnson
- Leo Delaney...Darnay
- William Shea
- Mabel Normand
- Earle Williams
- Edith Storey
- Lillian Walker...Peasant Sister
- Helen Gardner
- Dorothy Kelly
- Edwin R. Phillips
- Eleanor Radinoff
- Anita Stewart
- Lydia Yeamans Titus
References
- ^ Slide, Anthony (2002). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. p. 374. ISBN 0-813-12249-X.
- ^ SilentEra entry
- ^ Michael Pointer and Anthony Slide, Charles Dickens on the Screen: The Film, Television, and Video Adaptations (Scarecrow Press, 1996), 27.
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