The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924 film)

The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by George Melford, produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures, and starring Jacqueline Logan. It is based on the 1906 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett which had been filmed before in 1915 also titled as The Dawn of a Tomorrow with Mary Pickford.^[1][2] A play version had been produced on Broadway in 1909 which served as the final starring stage role for Eleanor Robson Belmont.

The Dawn of a Tomorrow
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Directed by	George Melford
Based on	The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Jacqueline Logan
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1924 (1924-04-14)
Running time	6 reels; 6,084 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Sir Oliver Holt, ill and fearing a coming insanity, goes to a London slum intending to commit suicide. He is prevented from harming himself by Glad, a young woman of the slum, whose lover is a young burglar known as "The Dandy." Sir Oliver employs Dandy to obtain money from his safe, having given him the combination. Dandy performs his task, incidentally stopping Sir Oliver's nephew from looting the safe. Dandy is accused of murdering a policeman. Sir Oliver establishes Dandy's innocence and Dandy and Glad become his wards.

Cast

• Jacqueline Logan as Glad
• David Torrence as Sir Oliver Holt
• Raymond Griffith as the Dandy
• Roland Bottomley as Arthur Holt
• Harris Gordon as Nod
• Guy Oliver as Black
• Tempe Pigott as Ginney
• Mabel Van Buren as Bet
• Marguerite Clayton as Madge
• Alma Bennett as Polly
• Warren Roberts as Barney
• Mickey McBan as Little Boy (uncredited)

Preservation

With no copies of The Dawn of a Tomorrow located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.