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Duration
  

Director
  
Ralph Ince

Country
  
United States

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
June 1917

Based on
  
play by George Broadhurst and Abraham S. Schomer

Writer
  
George Broadhurst (play), Abraham S. Schomer (play), Ralph Ince (scenario)

To-Day is a 1917 silent film drama directed by Ralph Ince 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.

Contents

It was remade as the early sound picture Today (1930) by Majestic Pictures starring Conrad Nagel and Catherine Dale Owen.

Cast

  • Florence Reed - Lily Morton
  • Frank Mills - Fred Morton (*this Frank 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.

    References

    To-Day Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    To Day IMDb