The Dawn of Understanding

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Bessie Love
Bessie Love

Sue Prescott

George A. Williams
George A. Williams

Silas Prescott

John Gilbert
John Gilbert

Ira Beasley

J. Frank Glendon
J. Frank Glendon

Jim Wynd

Dorothea Wolbert
Dorothea Wolbert

Mrs. Prescott

George Kunkel
George Kunkel

Sheriff Jack Scott

Jacob Abrams
Jacob Abrams

Parson Davies

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    The Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The Vitagraph Company of America and directed by David Smith. It stars Bessie Love in the first film of her nine-film contract with Vitagraph.

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    1918-12-02

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