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The Dawn of a Tomorrow
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6084 feet
Directed by George Melford

Cast: Jacqueline Logan [Glad], David Torrence [Sir Oliver Holt], Raymond Griffith [the dandy], Roland Bottomley [Arthur Holt], Harris Gordon [Nod], Guy Oliver [Black], Tempe Piggott [Ginney], Mabel Van Buren [Bet], Marguerite Clayton [Madge], Alma Bennett [Polly], Warren Roberts [Barney]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Harvey Thew, from the play adaptation The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett of the novel The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 8 April 1924 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP20055]. Premiered circa 23 March 1924 in New York, New York. Released 14 April 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915).

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 February 2010.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0956; AFI-F2 n. F2.1234 : Website-AFI.