A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Turning the Tables
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4803 feet
Directed by Elmer Clifton

Cast: Dorothy Gish [Doris Pennington], Raymond Cannon [Monty Feverill], George Fawcett [Professor Freno Palmer], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. Feverill], Kate Toncray [Erma Shirks], Fred Warren [Doctor Spinks], Rhea Haines [Ruth Strong], Porter Strong [Doctor Eddy], Norman McNeil [Swipes Conroy]

The New Art Film Company production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Pictures]. / Scenario by Lois Zellner, from a screen story by Wells Hastings. Cinematography by George William Hill. / © 23 October 1919 by The New Art Film Company [LP14344]. Released 2 November 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 54; Weaver-Twenty pp. 50, 145 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.