To-Day

{{distinguish|Today (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = To-Day | image = To-day-lanternslide1917.jpg | caption = Lantern slide | director = [[Ralph Ince]] | producer = [[Harry Rapf]]<br>Pathé Exchange | writer = Ralph Ince (scenario) | based_on = play by [[George Broadhurst]] and [[Abraham S. Schomer]] | starring = [[Florence Reed]] | music = | cinematography = Andre Barlatier - ([[:fr:André Barlatier|French Wikipedia]]) | editing = | distributor = Pioneer Film Corporation | released = {{Film date|1917|06}} | runtime = 5 reels | country = United States | language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s) }}

'''''To-Day''''' is a [[1917 in film|1917]] American [[silent film|silent]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] 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 (actress)|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]].<ref>''[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]: 1911-20'' by [[The American Film Institute]], c. 1988</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: To-Day |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9907/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085516/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9907/default.html |archive-date=2018-11-16 |access-date=2026-02-14 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref>

It was remade as the early sound picture ''[[Today (1930 film)|Today]]'' (1930) by [[Majestic Pictures]] starring [[Conrad Nagel]] and [[Catherine Dale Owen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021480/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_167|title=Today (1930)|date=1 November 1930|work=IMDb}}</ref>

==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 [[Film censorship in the United States|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0183901|title=To-Day}} *[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/today-v131090 ''To-Day''; allmovie.com/ synopsis]

{{DEFAULTSORT:To-Day}} [[Category:1917 films]] [[Category:1917 American films]] [[Category:1917 drama films]] [[Category:1917 lost films]] [[Category:1917 English-language films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American films based on plays]] [[Category:American silent feature films]] [[Category:English-language drama films]] [[Category:Films directed by Ralph Ince]] [[Category:Films produced by Harry Rapf]] [[Category:Lost American silent drama films]]