The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915)

  • NR
  • 06/07/1915 (US)
  • Drama
  • 50m

Overview

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.

James Kirkwood

Director

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Novel

Eve Unsell

Screenplay

Cast

Mary Pickford's headshot

Mary Pickford

Glad
David Powell's headshot

David Powell

Dandy
Forrest Robinson's headshot

Forrest Robinson

Sir Oliver Holt
Robert Cain's headshot

Robert Cain

Holt's Nephew
Margaret Seddon's headshot

Margaret Seddon

Polly
Blanche Craig's headshot

Blanche Craig

Bet

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