---
title: 'The Sowers (1916)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Churchill deMille'
released: '1916-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 50
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sowers-1916'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007378/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Sowers (1916)

1916 · 50 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Sowers is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the 1896 novel The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Churchill deMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-churchill-demille), [Frank Reicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-reicher)
- **Screenplay:** [Hugh Stowell Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-stowell-scott)
- **Producer:** [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Rosher](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-rosher)

## Cast

- [Raymond Hatton](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-hatton)
- [Thomas Meighan](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-meighan)
- [Blanche Sweet](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-sweet)
- [Ernest Joy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-joy)
- [Mabel Van Buren](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabel-van-buren)
- [Theodore Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-roberts)

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