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The Spreading Dawn (1917)
50 min | Drama

The Spreading Dawn (1917)

50 min | Drama

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 ...See moreGeorgina 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". See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Jane Cowl Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl See fewer	Garden of Lies (1915)
Orme Caldara Anthony Vanderpyl Anthony Vanderpyl See fewer	The Spreading Dawn (1917)
Harry Spingler Bentley Vanderpyl (as Harry Springer) Bentley Vanderpyl (as Harry Springer) See fewer	From the Valley of the Missing (1915)
Florence Billings Mrs. Cornelia Le Roy Mrs. Cornelia Le Roy See fewer	The Fair Pretender (1918)
Henry Stephenson Mr. LeRoy (as Harry Stephenson) Mr. LeRoy (as Harry Stephenson) See fewer	Captain Blood (1935)
Alice Chapin Mrs. Mercer Mrs. Mercer See fewer	Icebound (1924)
Helen Blair Young Lizzie Young Lizzie See fewer	The Spreading Dawn (1917)
Cecil Owen Colonel Lee Colonel Lee See fewer	The Victory of Virtue (1915)
Mabel Ballin Georgina Vanderpyl Georgina Vanderpyl See fewer	The Journey's End (1921)
Edmund Lowe Captain Lewis Nugent Captain Lewis Nugent See fewer	Chandu the Magician (1932)
Edith McAlpin Old Lizzie Old Lizzie See fewer	The Rise of Jenny Cushing (1917)
Antoinette Erwin Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited) See fewer
Lettie Ford Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited) See fewer	The Avenging Trail (1917)
Charles Hammond Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer	Manon Lescaut (1914)
Marion Knapp Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer