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Idle Tongues (1924)

1924-12-21 · 1h 0m · EN
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After serving 5 years in prison for embezzling church funds, Dr. Ephraim Nye returns to Ostable and the scornful gossip of its residents, led by Althea Bemis. There is a typhoid epidemic, and Dr. Nye believes it to be caused by the water in a pond that Judge Copeland, the brother of Dr. Nye's dead wife, Fanny, wishes to use as the source of municipal water supply. Only Katherine Minot supports Dr. Nye, but biologists prove him correct; and Dr. Nye confronts Copeland with proof that he went to prison to protect Fanny, the actual criminal. Copeland finally consents to the marriage of his daughter, Faith, to Tom Stone, the son of his enemy; and Katherine spreads the news of her engagement to Dr. Nye through Althea.

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C. Gardner SullivanWriterLambert HillyerDirectorJoseph C. LincolnWriter

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Percy MarmontPercy MarmontDr. Ephraim NyeDoris KenyonDoris KenyonKatherine MinotClaude GillingwaterClaude GillingwaterJudge Daniel Webster CopelandLucille RicksenLucille RicksenFaith CopelandDavid TorrenceDavid TorrenceCyrenus StoneMalcolm McGregorMalcolm McGregorTom StoneVivia OgdenVivia OgdenAlthea BemisMarguerite ClaytonMarguerite ClaytonFanny CopelandRuby LafayetteRuby LafayetteMiss PepperDan MasonDan MasonHenry Ward Beecher PaysonMark HamiltonMark HamiltonBluey BatcheldorBuck BlackBuck BlackYoung boy

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What is Idle Tongues about?

After serving 5 years in prison for embezzling church funds, Dr. Ephraim Nye returns to Ostable and the scornful gossip of its residents, led by Althea Bemis. There is a typhoid epidemic, and Dr. Nye believes it to be caused by the water in a pond that Judge Copeland, the brother of Dr. Nye's dead wife, Fanny, wishes to use as the source of municipal water supply. Only Katherine Minot supports Dr. Nye, but biologists prove him correct; and Dr. Nye confronts Copeland with proof that he went to prison to protect Fanny, the actual criminal. Copeland finally consents to the marriage of his daughter, Faith, to Tom Stone, the son of his enemy; and Katherine spreads the news of her engagement to Dr. Nye through Althea.

How long is Idle Tongues?

Idle Tongues has a runtime of 60 minutes.