Daybreak (1918)
Drama | 7 January 1918
Director:
Albert CapellaniWriters:
June Mathis, Albert CapellaniProduction Company:
Metro Pictures Corp.This was the first film directed by Albert Capellani for Metro Pictures Corp. The studio’s acquisition of screen rights to Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin’s 1917 play was announced in the 26 October 1917 Variety, which noted that Emily Stevens was set to star. Shooting began in early or mid-November 1917 at Metro’s studio in New York City, according to the 17 November 1917 Motion Picture News. The 8 December 1917 issue added that one of the sets erected at the studio was a five-room apartment representing the “Frome” residence on Riverside Drive. Edward J. Shulter, the technical director for Metro, supervised the set building. Location shooting took place at an unnamed New York City theater, as noted in the 22 December 1917 Motion Picture News.
A release date of 7 January 1918 was cited in the 29 December 1917 Motion Picture News. For the picture’s Chicago, IL, opening, the Chicago Board of Censors required that the following subtitles be excised: “‘Now I know the truth—you have a child and Dr. Brett is the—’; ‘Yes, and I know who’s the father’”; a shooting scene was also cut.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included the picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
This was the first film directed by Albert Capellani for Metro Pictures Corp. The studio’s acquisition of screen rights to Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin’s 1917 play was announced in the 26 October 1917 Variety, which noted that Emily Stevens was set to star. Shooting began in early or mid-November 1917 at Metro’s studio in New York City, according to the 17 November 1917 Motion Picture News. The 8 December 1917 issue added that one of the sets erected at the studio was a five-room apartment representing the “Frome” residence on Riverside Drive. Edward J. Shulter, the technical director for Metro, supervised the set building. Location shooting took place at an unnamed New York City theater, as noted in the 22 December 1917 Motion Picture News.
A release date of 7 January 1918 was cited in the 29 December 1917 Motion Picture News. For the picture’s Chicago, IL, opening, the Chicago Board of Censors required that the following subtitles be excised: “‘Now I know the truth—you have a child and Dr. Brett is the—’; ‘Yes, and I know who’s the father’”; a shooting scene was also cut.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included the picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Arthur Frome, a successful businessman who drinks too much, pushes a newsboy under an automobile, thus causing him severe injuries. His wife Edith then becomes disillusioned with her husband and leaves him. After an absence of a few years, Edith returns to her husband but offers no explanation of her behavior. Soon, however, Arthur becomes suspicious when she and their family friend, Dr. Brent, frequently visit a house in which a small child is living. Arthur has Edith followed by the wife of one of his employees, whom he has caught stealing, and soon discovers that the child, who is gravely ill, is his own. Edith confesses that she did not want to raise their child under the influence of a drunkard and so left him in someone else's care. Soon after this confession, Arthur is shot by the husband of the woman who has followed Edith because the man suspected his wife of having an affair. Arthur recovers, however, as does the child, and through Dr. Brent's intervention is happily reconciled with Edith, with whom he plans a new ...
Arthur Frome, a successful businessman who drinks too much, pushes a newsboy under an automobile, thus causing him severe injuries. His wife Edith then becomes disillusioned with her husband and leaves him. After an absence of a few years, Edith returns to her husband but offers no explanation of her behavior. Soon, however, Arthur becomes suspicious when she and their family friend, Dr. Brent, frequently visit a house in which a small child is living. Arthur has Edith followed by the wife of one of his employees, whom he has caught stealing, and soon discovers that the child, who is gravely ill, is his own. Edith confesses that she did not want to raise their child under the influence of a drunkard and so left him in someone else's care. Soon after this confession, Arthur is shot by the husband of the woman who has followed Edith because the man suspected his wife of having an affair. Arthur recovers, however, as does the child, and through Dr. Brent's intervention is happily reconciled with Edith, with whom he plans a new life.
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