''The Tides of Fate'' is a 1917 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Marshall Farnum Marshall Farnum (December 19, 1879 – February 19, 1917) was an American actor and film director. The youngest of the three Farnum boys, Dustin Farnum and William Farnum.Liebman p.89 Having directed first on stage, from 1913 he established hims ...

and starring

William Sheer William Sheer (1889–1933) was a British-born American stage and film actor of the silent era.Walker p.543 Selected filmography * '' Regeneration'' (1915) * ''Unto Those Who Sin'' (1916) * ''The Tides of Fate'' (1917) * ''The Sealed Envelope ...

and

Charles E. Graham Charles E. Graham (1865–1948) was an American film actor of the silent era.Wlaschin p.87 Selected filmography * ''Arizona (1913 film), Arizona'' (1913) * ''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' (1914) * ''A Modern Magdalen'' (1915) * ''The Curio ...

.Walker p.543

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took place in

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Cast

* Alexandria Carlisle as Fanny Lawson * Frank Holland as John Cross *

as Stephen King *

as Fergus McManus * Jane Kent as Claudia Nelson * Walter Ryder as Azray Heath

References

Bibliography

* Brent E. Walker. ''Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel''. McFarland, 2013.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Marshall Farnum American black-and-white films World Film Company films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub