The Sowers

The Sowers is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the novel The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.[1][2][3][4]

This article is about a surviving 1916 silent film drama. It is not to be confused with Sowers and Reapers, a lost 1917 silent film.
The Sowers
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Directed byWilliam C. deMille
M.A. Harris (ass't dir.)
Camille Astor (ass't dir.)
Produced byJesse Lasky
Written byHenry Seton Merriman (novel:The Sowers)
Marion Fairfax (scenario)
StarringBlanche Sweet
Thomas Meighan
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
March 30, 1916
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

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See also

References
  1. The Sowers at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress page 171 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sowers


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