Movie Description
The Spreading Dawn
(1917)Overview
Georgina asks permission from her old aunt, Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl, to marry Capt. Nugent before his departure for France. Patricia refuses and, in reply to Georgina's questioning, gives her a diary from her own girlhood to read. The diary unfolds the story of Patricia's marriage to soldier Anthony Vanderpyl. Returning on furlough after the outbreak of the Civil War, Anthony suddenly leaves Patricia to visit Mrs. Le Roy, an old flame, and is killed by her jealous husband. Positive that Anthony had been unfaithful to her, Patricia refuses to open the letter that her husband sent her on the day of his death. Georgina now opens it and discovers that Anthony had gone to Mrs. Le Roy to end the affair that his brother Bentley was having with her. With this revelation, Patricia sanctions her niece's marriage, then dies, joining Anthony in "the spreading dawn".
Featured Crew
- Director : Laurence Trimble
- Producer : Samuel Goldwyn
- Writer : Basil King
- Cast : Jane Cowl,Orme Caldara,Harry Spingler,Florence Billings,Henry Stephenson,Alice Chapin,Helena Blair,Cecil Owen,Mabel Ballin,Edmund Lowe,Edith McAlpin
Cast
Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl
Anthony Vanderpyl
Bentley Vanderpyl
Mrs. Cornelia Le Roy
Mr. LeRoy
Mrs. Mercer
Young Lizzie
Colonel Lee
Georgina Vanderpyl
Captain Lewis Nugent
Old Lizzie
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Facts
Original TitleThe Spreading Dawn
Status Released
Release Information
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1917-10-21
Original Language
Runtime 00h 50m
Production CompaniesGoldwyn Pictures Corporation
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
