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For other uses, see Sowers (disambiguation).
This article is about a surviving 1916 silent film drama. Not to be confused with Sowers and Reapers, a lost 1917 silent film.
The Sowers
Newspaper advertisement
Directed byWilliam C. deMille
M.A. Harris (ass't dir.)
Camille Astor (ass't dir.)
Written byHenry Seton Merriman (novel:The Sowers)
Marion Fairfax (scenario)
Produced byJesse Lasky
StarringBlanche Sweet
Thomas Meighan
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Distributed byParamount Pictures

Release date

  • March 30, 1916 (1916-03-30)

Running time

50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent 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 SowersbyHenry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.[1][2][3][4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ The Sowers at silentera.com
  • ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  • ^ 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
  • ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sowers

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