''The Golden Dawn'' is a 1921 British silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. An actress falls in love with a

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man.

Cast

as Nancy Brett *

as Dick Landon *

as Henry Warville * Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Briggs * Mary Brough as Mrs. Powers * Philip Hewland as Inspector Martin *

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as Charles Proctor * Charles Vane as Jim Briggs

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. 1921 films 1921 crime films British crime films British silent feature films Films directed by Ralph Dewsbury Films set in England British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub