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Tongues of Men
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: Constance Collier [Jane Bartlett], Forrest Stanley [Reverend Penfield Sturgis], Herbert Standing [Reverend Doctor Darigal], Lamar Johnstone [Doctor Lyn Fanshawe], Lydia Yeamans Titus [Mrs. Kearnsley], Helen Eddy [Winifred Leeds], Elizabeth Burbridge [Georgine Darigal], Miss Marlborough [Madame Sternberg-Reese], Charles Marriot [Michael Goadby], John McKinnon [Mr. Loughran], Howard Davies [Herbert Raleigh]

The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Picturized (scenario) by E.J. Clawson, from the play The Tongues of Men by Edward Childs Carpenter. Cinematography by Fred Dobson. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged by George W. Beynon. / © 20 December 1915 by The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company [LP7293]. Released 6 January 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 March 2012.

References: Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.