Babbling Tongues

Babbling Tongues

Drama | Aug. 13, 1917

When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of all concerned, Paul moves into separate quarters. One day Paul overhears the gossip again at a café and challenges the purveyor of the lie to a duel. Moreau, for his own satisfaction, takes Paul's place in combat and is mortally wounded. Moreau staggers to Paul's apartment where he discovers Therese, who has come to beg the writer to refuse to fight.

Babbling Tongues

Drama | Aug. 13, 1917

Babbling Tongues
When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of all concerned, Paul moves into separate quarters. One day Paul overhears the gossip again at a café and challenges the purveyor of the lie to a duel. Moreau, for his own satisfaction, takes Paul's place in combat and is mortally wounded. Moreau staggers to Paul's apartment where he discovers Therese, who has come to beg the writer to refuse to fight.
Producers Ivan Film Productions
Original title Babbling Tongues
Directors William Humphrey
Writers George Edwardes-Hall, William Humphrey

Cast

Arthur Donaldson

as Joseph Moreau

Grace Valentine

as Therese

James Morrison

as Paul Savary

Paul Capellani

as Louis Moreau

Gladden James

as Felix

Louise Beaudet

as Marie Moreau

Carolyn Birch

as Henrietti

Richard Tucker

as Viscount de Bellerive