The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915 film)
| The Dawn of a Tomorrow | |
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 Film pamphlet | |
| Directed by | James Kirkwood |
| Written by | Eve Unsell(scenario) |
| Based on | The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Daniel Frohman |
| Starring | Mary Pickford David Powell |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a 1915 American silent film starring Mary Pickford, produced by Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company and directed by James Kirkwood. It is based on a 1909 stage play starring Eleanor Robson Belmont, her last stage role. This film was rereleased by Paramount in 1919 under their Success-Series banner and a copy survives in Sweden today. The story was remade in 1924 again as The Dawn of a Tomorrow with Jacqueline Logan in the lead.[1]
Cast
- Mary Pickford as Glad
- David Powell as Dandy
- Forrest Robinson as Sir Oliver Holt
- Robert Cain as Holt's nephew
- Margaret Seddon as Polly
- Blanche Craig as Bet
- Ogden Childe
Preservation status
- A print is preserved in Europe at Stockholm's Enemateket-Svenska Filminstitutet.[2]
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Categories:
- 1915 films
- American silent feature films
- American films
- American films based on plays
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Films directed by James Kirkwood Sr.
- 1915 drama films
- Films based on multiple works
- American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1910s drama film stubs