Morals | |
Director: | William Desmond Taylor |
Producer: | Realart Pictures Company |
Starring: | May McAvoy William P. Carleton |
Cinematography: | James Van Trees |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 5 reels (5,152 feet) |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Morals is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring May McAvoy, William P. Carleton, and Marian Skinner. It is based on a 1905 novel, The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne by William J. Locke, which was produced as a 1907 Broadway play starring Marie Doro who later made her screen debut in a 1915 film version.
A British talking version of Locke's story was made in 1935 as The Morals of Marcus.
A woman escapes the Turkish harem in which she has been brought up and flees to London in the company of a British adventurer.
This film is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress.[1] [2] [3] [4]