A Tale of Two Cities (1911)

5.0/10 45 min Drama History

Overview

An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

Cast

Maurice Costello

Sydney Carton

Florence Turner

Lucie Manette

John Bunny

Jailer

Norma Talmadge

(Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine

William Humphrey

The Duke D'Evremon

Kenneth Casey

Duke's Son in Early Scenes

Ralph Ince

James Morrison

Peasant brother

Julia Swayne Gordon

Miss Pross

Charles Kent

Dr. Manette

Tefft Johnson

Defarge

Leo Delaney

Darnay

Mabel Normand

William Shea

Jarvis Lorry

Helen Gardner

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