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The Spreading Dawn (1917)
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 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".
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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 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".
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Basil King
In Theaters:10/21/1917
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Cast
Laurence Trimble
Director
Jane Cowl
Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl
Orme Caldara
Anthony Vanderpyl
Harry Spingler
Bentley Vanderpyl
Florence Billings
Mrs. Cornelia Le Roy
Henry Stephenson
Mr. LeRoy
Alice Chapin
Mrs. Mercer
Helena Blair
Young Lizzie
Cecil Owen
Colonel Lee
Mabel Ballin
Georgina Vanderpyl
Edmund Lowe
Captain Lewis Nugent
Edith McAlpin
Old Lizzie
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