To-Day (1917)

Directed by

Ralph Ince

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent drama based on a stage play about a woman involved in prostitution. The story follows her personal circumstances in the early 20th century.

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What happens

To-Day is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince, who is also credited as the film's writer, and starring Florence Reed. A story about prostitution, this film is based on a 1913 stage play Today by George Broadhurst and Abraham S. Schomer and starred Emily Stevens which ran for an astounding 280 performances in eight months' time. Actors Gus Weinburg and Alice Gale are the only actors in the film that appeared in the play. It is considered to be a lost film. It was remade as the early sound picture Today (1930) by Majestic Pictures starring Conrad Nagel and Catherine Dale Owen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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