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A Tale of Two Cities (1922 film)
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Wikipedia article
'A Tale of Two Cities' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden and starring Clive Brook, Ann Trevor and J. Fisher White. The film is an adaptation of the 1859 novel 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, and its plot concerns events taking place during the French Revolution. It was made as part of the "Tense Moments with Great Authors Series" of films.
Premise
During the French Revolution, a jaundiced British lawyer takes the place of a French aristocrat who has been sentenced to the guillotine.
Cast
* Clive Brook as Sydney Carton
* Ann Trevor as Lucie Manette
* J. Fisher White as Doctor Alexandre Manette
Bibliography
* Scott, Ian. 'From Pinewood to Hollywood: British Filmmakers in American Cinema, 1910-1969'. Palgrave MacMillan, 2010.
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