Morals (film)

Morals
Newspaper ad noting appearance by Kathlyn Williams before each screening
Directed by	William Desmond Taylor
Produced by	Realart Pictures Company
Written by	Julia Crawford Ivers (scenario)
Based on	The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne by William J. Locke
Starring	May McAvoy William P. Carleton
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 1921
Running time	5 reels (5,152 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Morals is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring May McAvoy, William P. Carleton, and Marian Skinner. It is based on a 1905 novel, The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne by William J. Locke, which was produced as a 1907 Broadway play starring Marie Doro who later made her screen debut in a 1915 film version.

A British talking version of Locke's story was made in 1935 as The Morals of Marcus.

Plot

A woman escapes the Turkish harem in which she has been brought up and flees to London in the company of a British adventurer.

Cast

May McAvoy ... Carlotta
William P. Carleton ... Sir Marcus Ordeyne
W.E. Lawrence - Sebastian Pasquale
Marian Skinner ... Mrs McMurray
Starke Patteson - Harry
Kathlyn Williams - Judith Mainwaring
Bridgetta Clark - Antoinette
Sidney Bracey - Stinson

Preservation status

This film is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Morals (1921) at the British Film Institute
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Morals at silentera.com
↑ The Morals of Marcus as produced on Broadway, at the Criterion Theatre, beginning November 18, 1907; IBDb.com
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Morals

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Morals (film).

Morals at the Internet Movie Database
allmovie.com/synopsis

Films directed by William Desmond Taylor

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A Soul Astray (1914)*short
The Song of the Sea Shell (1914)*short
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The Judge's Wife (1914)
When the Road Parts (1914)*short*
A Slice of Life (1914)*short
The Beggar Child (1914)*short
The Last Chapter (1914)
Brass Buttons (1914)*short
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The High Hand (1915)
The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
Eyes That Cannot See (1915)*short
Tricks of Fate (1915)
The Lonesome Heart (1915)
The Soul of the Vase (1915)*short
Peggy Lynn, Burglar (1915)*short
A Woman Scorned (1915)
He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916)
Ben Blair (1916)
The Heart of Paula (1916)
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The American Beauty (1916)
Davy Crockett (1916)
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Her Father's Son (1916)
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Judy of Rogue's Harbor (1920)
Nurse Marjorie (1920)
Jenny Be Good (1920)
The Soul of Youth (1920)
The Furnace (1920)
The Witching Hour (1921)
Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
Wealth (1921)
Beyond (1921)
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