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A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Maurice Costello | ... | Sydney Carton | |
| Florence Turner | ... | Lucie Manette | |
| John Bunny | |||
| Norma Talmadge | ... | Woman on the way to guillotine | |
| William Humphrey | ... | The Duke D'Evremon | |
| Florence Foley | ... | The Woodcutter's Child | |
| Kenneth Casey | ... | Duke's Son in Early Scenes | |
| Ralph Ince | |||
| James Morrison | ... | Peasant brother | |
| Julia Swayne Gordon | |||
| Charles Kent | ... | Dr. Manette | |
| Tefft Johnson | ... | Defarge | |
| Leo Delaney | ... | Darnay | |
| William Shea | |||
| Mabel Normand |
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The three reels of this film were originally released independently, on a Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in February 1911. moreFAQ
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While it is impossible to do justice to Dickens' sprawling novel in 20 minutes, Vitagraph makes a stab at it with this series of scenes in little more than tableaux format. Good costumes, good backgrounds and excellent actors do their best, but stick with the 1935 version directed by Jack Conway.
While this would seem to be, from the cast list, an all-star version -- including a very young Mabel Normand -- you should realize Vitagraph worked its actors hard -- starring in one picture, helping to fill out a crowd scene in the next. Still, you might want to play "spot the star" with this one.