The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924 film)
| The Dawn of a Tomorrow | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Melford |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Jacqueline Logan |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels ;6,084 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a 1924 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on the 1906 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and stars Jacqueline Logan. George Melford directed the story which had been filmed before in 1915 also titled The Dawn of a Tomorrow with Mary Pickford. A play version had been produced on Broadway in 1909 which served as the final starring stage role for Eleanor Robson Belmont. The film today is lost.[1][2]
Cast
- Jacqueline Logan - Glad
- David Torrence - Sir Oliver Holt
- Raymond Griffith - the dandy
- Roland Bottomley - Arthur Holt
- Harris Gordon - Nod
- Guy Oliver - Black
- Tempe Pigott - Ginney
- Mabel Van Buren - Bet
- Marguerite Clayton - Madge
- Alma Bennett - Polly
- Warren Roberts - Barney
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ The Dawn of a Tomorrow at silentera.com
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Categories:
- 1924 films
- American silent feature films
- Lost American films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Films directed by George Melford
- 1920s drama films
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- American drama films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs