Daybreak (1918 film)
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Daybreak is a 1918 silent
American drama film
directed by Albert Capellani
. The film is considered to be lost
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Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
American drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 168 films between 1940 and 1922...
. The film is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Emily Stevens as Edith Frome
- Julian L'Estrange as Arthur Frome
- Herman Lieb as Herbert Rankin
- Augustus PhillipsAugustus PhillipsAugustus Phillips , was an American actor. He appeared in 134 films between 1910 and 1921. Perhaps most notable is his appearance in J. Searle Dawley's 1910 production of "Frankenstein", playing Victor Frankenstein, as a young medical student...
as Dr. David Brett - Francis Joyner as Carl Peterson (as Frank Joyner)
- Evelyn BrentEvelyn BrentEvelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...
as Det. Alma Peterson - Joseph Daly as Otway (as Joe Daly)
- Evelyn Axzell as Meta Thompson (as Mrs. Evelyn Axzell)