A Tale of Two Cities (1911 film)
| A Tale of Two Cities | |
|---|---|
 Newspaper advertisement. | |
| Directed by | William J. Humphrey |
| Produced by | J. Stuart Blackton |
| Written by |
Charles Dickens (novel) Eugene Mullin (scenario) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Company |
Release dates |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent (English intertitles) |
A Tale of Two Cities (1911) is a silent film directed by William J. Humphrey, loosely based on the 1859 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, although in this version he ascends the scaffold before her, and her death is not actually depicted.[1][2] The movie was the film debut of Lydia Yeamans Titus.
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...The Woodcutter's Child
- 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 0-8131-2249-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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