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The Tides of Fate
Also known as Creeping Tides in the USA
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Marshall Farnum

Cast: Alexandra Carlisle [Fanny Lawson], Frank Holland [John Cross], William A. Sheer [Stephen King], Charles Graham [Fergus McManus], Jane Kent [Claudia Nelson], Walter Ryder [Azray Heath]

Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation production; distributed by World Film Corporation. / From the novel Creeping Tides by Kate Jordan (Mrs. F.M. Vermilye). Presented by William A. Brady. / © 28 February 1916 (as Creeping Tides) by Equitable Motion Pictures Corporation [LU7716]. © 23 August 1917 (as The Tides of Fate) by World Film Corporation [LU11285]. Released 3 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Creeping Tides. Some photography was shot in Cuba.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4477.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Cuba

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4477; Tarbox-Lost p. 253 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.