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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]

A Tale of Two Cities
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Written by	Frank Lloyd
Based on	A Tale of Two Cities 1859 novel by Charles Dickens
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 date	March 11, 1917 (1917-03-11)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• A Tale of Two Cities at IMDb
• A Tale of Two Cities at AllMovie
• A Tale of Two Cities at the American Film Institute Catalog

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