To-Day
{{distinguish|Today (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = To-Day
| image = To-day-lanternslide1917.jpg
| caption = Lantern slide
| director = Ralph Ince
| producer = Harry Rapf
Pathé Exchange
| writer = Ralph Ince (scenario)
| based_on = play by George Broadhurst and Abraham S. Schomer
| starring = Florence Reed
| music =
| cinematography = Andre Barlatier - (French Wikipedia)
| editing =
| distributor = Pioneer Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1917|06}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
To-Day is a 1917 silent film drama 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.AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988{{cite web|url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=7710|title=Today - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information|author=The Broadway League|work=ibdb.com}}[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9907/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: To-Day]
It was remade as the early sound picture Today (1930) by Majestic Pictures starring Conrad Nagel and Catherine Dale Owen.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021480/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_167|title=Today (1930)|date=1 November 1930|work=IMDb}}
Cast
- Florence Reed - Lily Morton
- Frank Mills - Fred Morton (*this Frank R. Mills 1867/?1870-1921)
- Gus Weinberg - Henry Morton
- Alice Gale - Emma Morton
- Leonore Harris - Marion Garland (billed as Lenore Harris)
- Harry Lambart - Richard Hewlett (billed as Captain Harry Lambert)
- Kate Lester - Mrs. Farington
Reception
Like many American films of the time, To-Day was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors refused to issue a permit as the film features the downfall of a woman through her infidelity and leading an immoral life.{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=9 |page=33 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=25 August 1917 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald05exhi#page/n434/mode/1up}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0183901|title=To-Day}}
- [http://www.allmovie.com/movie/today-v131090 To-Day; allmovie.com/ synopsis]
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Category:American silent feature films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films directed by Ralph Ince
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:Films produced by Harry Rapf
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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