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The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915)
Directed by James Kirkwood
Drama · 50m
A young girl who lives in the slums of London, is in love with a thief. She persuades him to give up his life of crime. Meanwhile, an eccentric millionaire, who has been diagnosed with an incurable dementia, becomes so despondent, he decides to commit suicide. He disguises himself as a vagrant, and wanders into the slums. As he tries to find the courage to kill himself, he is encountered by the young girl. She rationalizes him out of the cowardly act. Her genuine sweetness and strong faith, effects him to such an extent, he begins to believe a recovery is possible. Now the girl's sweetheart has been falsely accused of murder and only the millionaire's licentious nephew can give him an alibi.
Cast
Mary Pickford
David Powell
Forrest Robinson
Robert Cain
Margaret Seddon
Crew
- Director
- James Kirkwood
- Screenplay
- Eve Unsell
- Novel
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
Details
- Release date
- 1915-06-07
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Famous Players Film Company