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Dawn and Twilight
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Francis X. Bushman [Pietro Delani, a blind musician], Ruth Stonehouse [Mary Waters], Alice Bliss [Edna Ainsworth], Helen Dunbar [Mrs. Delani, Pietro’s mother], Clara Smith [Mrs. Waters, Mary’s mother], Thomas Commerford [Doctor Burns], Frank Owens [the butler], John Cossar, Charles Hitchcock
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 3 February 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mary Waters, an American girl, loves Pietro Delani, a blind musician. His uncanny talent is hampered by the loss of his eyesight, and Mrs. Delani, Pietro’s mother, is informed by a specialist that an operation is the musician’s only hope. Mary sacrifices the little money she has saved and pays for the operation, without the knowledge of Pietro or his mother. Pietro’s eyesight is restored to him. His first thought is of Mary, whom he has never seen, and when he gazes upon his beloved’s face, he is shocked to find that she is indeed a very plain and simple girl. He is disappointed. Mary realizes that she is not what he thought her to be. A little later we see Pietro, a musical genius, being lionized by society. His rapid strides to success bring about an engagement between himself and Edna Ainsworth, a society butterfly. The penalty of his indiscrimination is blindness, and again Pietro is in a pitiable condition. Edna returns his ring. For a while he is disconsolate, but finally the thought of Mary brings hack all his former devotion for her, but it is too late. Mary had already died of a broken heart.
Survival status: Print exists [8mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 22 October 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc.
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