The Gray Dawn is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Jean Hersholt and starring by Carl Gantvoort, Claire Adams and Robert McKim. Some scenes were also likely directed by others, including producer Benjamin B. Hampton. It is based on the 1915 novel of the same title by Stewart Edward White.
Plot
In San Francisco in the 1850s, the lawlessness of the western settlement is out of control. The District Attorney is under pressure from the corrupt mayor not to take action, leading to vigilante mobs.
Cast
Carl Gantvoort as Milton Keith
Claire Adams as Nan Bennett
Robert McKim as Ben Sansome
George Hackathorne as Calhoun Bennett
Snitz Edwards as Krafft
Stanton Heck as Casey
Omar Whitehead as Charles Cora
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Bennett
Maude Wayne as Mimi Morrell
J. Gunnis Davis as Mr. Morrell
Zack Williams as Sam
Grace Marvin as Mammy
Charles Arling as Ned Coleman
Harvey Clark as King of Wiolliam
Charles Thurston as Marshal Richardson
Marc B. Robbins as Chinaman
Charles Murphy as Bill Collector
References
Bibliography
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
1922 films
1922 drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
American historical drama films
1920s historical drama films
Films set in the 1850s
Films set in San Francisco
Films based on American novels
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
Silent American drama films
Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
