A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Charles Kent (left) and Maurice Costello. Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Maurice Costello [Sydney Carton], Florence Turner [Lucie Manette], Charles Kent [Doctor Manette], Leo Delaney [Charles Darnay], William Shea [Jarvis Lorry], William Humphrey [the Marquis St. Evremonde], Tefft Johnson [Defarge], Edith Halloren [Madame Defarge], Norma Talmadge [the girl in the tumbril]; James Morrison, Lillian Walker

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by [?] The Vitagraph Company of America or The General Film Company, Incorporated? / From the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. / The film was released in three parts: [1] released 21 February 1911; [2] released 24 February 1911; [3] released 25 February 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [incomplete (reels two and three)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Charles Dickens - European history: France: French Revolution (1789-1799)

Listing updated: 17 August 2016.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Blum-Silent pp. 20, 25; Brownlow-Parade pp. 14-15, 16; Everson-American p. 368; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 68, 69; Lee-Not p. 13; Mottram-Danish p. 94; Pohle-Holmes p. 26; Quirk-Colman p. 174; Robinson-Palace p. 141; Shipman-Cinema p. 46; Slide-BigV p. 201; Smith-Colman p. 165.

Home video: DVD.