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The Dawn of a Tomorrow

7.0 50 mins Drama   1915
Famous Players Film Company  
Director(s): James Kirkwood

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.

Casts of The Dawn of a Tomorrow

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

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