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A Tale of Two Cities
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Title: A Tale of Two Cities

Release Date: 20 Feb 1911

Runtime: 30m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Vitagraph Company of America

Production Companies: Vitagraph Company of America

Overview: A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

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Average Vote: 5 (2 votes)

Cast

  • Sydney Carton: Maurice Costello
  • Lucie Manette: Florence Turner
  • Jailer: John Bunny
  • (Mimi) Woman on the way to guillotine: Norma Talmadge
  • The Duke D'Evremon: William Humphrey
  • The Woodcutter's Child: Florence Foley
  • Duke's Son in Early Scenes: Kenneth Casey
  • : Ralph Ince
  • Peasant brother: James Morrison
  • Miss Pross: Julia Swayne Gordon
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