The Spreading Dawn Trailer (1917)

"America's greatest emotional actress -- A famous and nationally-popular author -- A powerful and widely advertised story --- The Goldwin standard of p" 21 October 1917 Drama, Romance 50 mins

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".

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Cast

Jane Cowl as Patricia Mercer 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

Edith McAlpin as Old Lizzie

Crew

Laurence Trimble Director

Basil King Writer

Phil Rosen Cinematography

Samuel Goldwyn Producer

International Releases Dates

United States 21 October 1917

Production Companies

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation

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