The Sowers Explained

The Sowers
Director:	William C. deMille M.A. Harris (ass't dir.) Camille Astor (ass't dir.)
Producer:	Jesse Lasky
Starring:	Blanche Sweet Thomas Meighan
Cinematography:	Charles Rosher
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film (English intertitles)

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 1896 novel The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Blanche Sweet - Karin Dolokhof
• Thomas Meighan - Prince Paul Alexis
• Mabel Van Buren - Princess Tanya
• Ernest Joy - Count Egor Strannik
• Theodore Roberts - Boris Dolokhof
• Horace B. Carpenter - Chief of Secret Police
• Raymond Hatton - The Peddler
• Harold Howard - The Tramp

See also

• Blanche Sweet filmography

External links

• The Sowers at IMDb.com
• allmovie/synopsis

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Sowers1916.html 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. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2242/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sowers