Darnay is tricked into returning to Paris and arrested. The long-suffering commoners vent their fury on the aristocrats, condemning scores daily to Madame Guillotine.

Lucie eventually marries Darnay, and they have a daughter.īy this time, the Reign of Terror has engulfed France. He quickly falls in love with her, but realizes it is hopeless. Darnay is released.Ĭarton is thanked by Lucie, who had been a witness at the trial. When Barsad is called to testify, he is horrified to discover that Carton is one of the defense attorneys and grudgingly allows that he might have been mistaken. Carton goes drinking with Barsad (Walter Catlett), the main prosecution witness, and tricks him into admitting that he lied. Darnay is framed for treason, but is saved by the cleverness of the dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton (Ronald Colman). Evremonde (Basil Rathbone), is sympathetic to the plight of the downtrodden French masses. On the trip across the English Channel, Lucie meets Charles Darnay (Donald Woods), a French aristocrat who, unlike his unfeeling uncle, the Marquis de St. The old man's mind has given way during his long ordeal, but Lucie's tender care begins to restore his sanity. Manette has been taken care of by a friend, Ernest Defarge (Mitchell Lewis), and his wife (Blanche Yurka). She travels to Paris to take her father to her home in England. Walthall) is not dead, but has been a prisoner in the Bastille for many long years before finally being released. On the eve of the French Revolution, Lucie Manette (Elizabeth Allan) is informed that her father (Henry B.

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