| ~Dawn~ 1919 |
| ~Fanny Rice, Sylvia Breamer, Robert Gordon, Gladys Valerie & Eddie Dunn~ |
| ~Fanny Rice, Sylvia Breamer, Harry Davenport, Gladys Valerie, Margaret Barry, Flora Finch, Unknown & Robert Gordon (sitting)~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
As a latent result of falling out of a tree when he was a child, artist Keith Burton (Robert Gordon)
gradually starts to go blind. Having earlier heard his sweetheart, lovely heiress Dorothy Parkman
(Sylvia Breamer), remark that she finds blind people disgusting, Keith becomes depressed and
refuses her attentions. When an operation by Dorothy's stepfather (George Pauncefort), an eye
surgeon, fails, Dorothy, under an assumed name, nurses Keith and teaches him to read and write
until he discovers the ruse and, accusing her of pitying him, demands that she leave. On the verge of
suicide, Keith is saved by his housekeeper and later finds value in helping neighbor John McGuire
(Eddie Dunn), blinded while fighting in France. Keith soon suffers from hearing gossip linking
Dorothy and his own father, but when he finds that they had been meeting to plan the construction
of a training school for blind soldiers of which he will be the superintendent, he and Dorothy marry.
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gradually starts to go blind. Having earlier heard his sweetheart, lovely heiress Dorothy Parkman
(Sylvia Breamer), remark that she finds blind people disgusting, Keith becomes depressed and
refuses her attentions. When an operation by Dorothy's stepfather (George Pauncefort), an eye
surgeon, fails, Dorothy, under an assumed name, nurses Keith and teaches him to read and write
until he discovers the ruse and, accusing her of pitying him, demands that she leave. On the verge of
suicide, Keith is saved by his housekeeper and later finds value in helping neighbor John McGuire
(Eddie Dunn), blinded while fighting in France. Keith soon suffers from hearing gossip linking
Dorothy and his own father, but when he finds that they had been meeting to plan the construction
of a training school for blind soldiers of which he will be the superintendent, he and Dorothy marry.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
| Directed by: J. Stuart Blackton Written by: J. Stuart Blackton - writer Stanley Olmstead - writer Based on the novel Dawn by Eleanor H. Porter (New York, 1919). |
| ~Cast~ Robert Gordon ... Keith Burton Sylvia Breamer ... Dorothy Parkman Harry Davenport ... Daniel Burton James A. Furey ... Uncle Joe Harrington Fanny Rice ... Susan Betts Flora Finch ... Mrs. Natalie Colebrook Gladys Valerie ... Mazie Sanborn Margaret Barry ... Mrs. McGuire Eddie Dunn ... John McGuire Gus Alexander ... Lefty Scrubbs George Bunny ... Mr. McGuire George Pauncefort ... Dr. Stewart Robert Milasch ... Hank |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: J. Stuart Blackton Feature Pictures Distribution Company: Pathé Exchange Cinematography by: William S. Adams Assistant Director: Jack Martin Length: 6 Reels Released: November 30, 1919 |
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