The Spreading Dawn (1917)
Synopsis
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".
Release Date: 1917-10-21
Runtime: 50 minutes
Director: Laurence Trimble
Top Cast
- Jane Cowl as Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl
- Orme Caldara as Anthony Vanderpyl
- Harry Spingler as Bentley Vanderpyl
- Florence Billings as Mrs. Cornelia Le Roy
- Henry Stephenson as Mr. LeRoy
- Alice Chapin as Mrs. Mercer
- Helena Blair as Young Lizzie
- Cecil Owen as Colonel Lee
- Mabel Ballin as Georgina Vanderpyl
- Edmund Lowe as Captain Lewis Nugent
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