Daybreak
Cast & Crew
Albert Capellani
Emily Stevens
Julian L'estrange
Herman Lieb
Augustus Phillips
Frank Joyner
Film Details
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Synopsis
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.
Director
Albert Capellani
Cast
Emily Stevens
Julian L'estrange
Herman Lieb
Augustus Phillips
Frank Joyner
Evelyn Brent
Joe Daly
Mrs. Evelyn Axzell
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
This was the first film directed by Albert Capellani for Metro.
