Morals (film) explained

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.

Plot

A woman escapes the Turkish harem in which she has been brought up and flees to London in the company of a British adventurer.

Cast

Preservation status

This film is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090604060139/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/43147 Morals (1921)
  2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/Morals1921.html Progressive Silent Film List: Morals
  3. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6475 The Morals of Marcus as produced on Broadway, at the Criterion Theatre, beginning November 18, 1907; IBDb.com
  4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2045/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Morals