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The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915)

The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915)

Drama
Release Date: 1915, June 7
Directors: James Kirkwood
Countries: United States of America
Production: Famous Players Film Company
Cast: Margaret Seddon, Mary Pickford, Robert Cain, David Powell, Blanche Craig, Forrest Robinson

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.

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