The Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The Vitagraph Company of America and directed by David Smith. It stars Bessie Love in the first film of her nine-film contract with Vitagraph.

A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fi...

Pete (Nick Stuart) and Bill (John Darrow) are childhood rivals who continue to feud in high school, ...
Hafed, a Turkish prince, imprisons an American girl and her father. The girl sends for Jim, who atte...
Short comedy set against the backstage lives of a group of performers.
Slapstick comedy short about a quarreling couple and a nosy mother-in-law.
Hero Handsome Harry must rescue his love interest, Lizzie, from a villainous character named Creampu...

The Youngloves have a cozy little apartment and a jewel of a cook, Bridget, and are happy until the ...
Taxi driver Jim befriends Ruritanian child King Ludwig while the latter is on a visit to London. A p...

The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S. government....

A young woman fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle ranc...
Ruth Burroughs the daughter of a beleaguered rancher whose valuable property is threatened by a gree...

A timid bank clerk has to toughen up during the search for a gang of bank robbers.

An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in lov...
Slim appears as a police court judge and Bobby as one of the jurors who is later given a job as bail...
Two cowboys are in love with a single lass. A hypnotist shows up one as a sheik which turns her affe...

Plot concerns happy-go-lucky rancher who decides to spruce up in order to win the affection of a gir...

A cowboy sets out to help a pretty young girl who is about to lose her ranch when crooks plan to for...
Evil Red Sampson and his band of rustlers shoot up Mineral Point, the ranch of William Conway, owner...

While romancing the millinery store owner, Custer finds himself falsely accused of murdering his bos...

A hard-core socialite turns over a new leaf after spending time with a less fortunate family.