---
title: 'The Spreading Dawn (1917)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Laurence Trimble'
released: '1917-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 50
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-spreading-dawn-1917'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008622/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Spreading Dawn (1917)

1917 · 50 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Spreading Dawn is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn in his first year of producing independently in his own studio and starring Broadway stage star Jane Cowl in her second and final silent film. It was directed by Laurence Trimble. The film is lost with a fragment, apparently only part of reel 3, surviving at the Library of Congress.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Laurence Trimble](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-trimble)
- **Screenplay:** [Basil King](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-king)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Phil Rosen](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-rosen)

## Cast

- [Jane Cowl](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-cowl)
- [Mabel Ballin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mabel-ballin)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)

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