Yolanda is a 1924 silent film historical film drama produced by William Randolph Hearst (through his Cosmopolitan Productions) and starring Marion Davies.
 Robert G. Vignola directed as he had "Enchantment" (1921) and several other Davies costume films.
 The film is extant at Cinematheque de Belgique and the Museum of Modern Art and a trailer survives at the Library of Congress.
 The film began production as a Metro-Goldwyn film, with the company becoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in May 1924.
Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 silent film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War.
 It is based on the play that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie.
 There were two silent film versions, a 1915 version and 1924 version.
 The 1915 version, directed by Herbert Blaché, starred Mary Miles Minter and Anna Q. Nilsson.
 The 1924 version, directed by Lambert Hillyer, starred Florence Vidor and Edmund Lowe.
Charles R. Rogers (July 15, 1992 – March 29, 1957), also known as Chas.
 R. Rogers, was an American film producer whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras.
 He should not be confused with Charles "Buddy" Rogers, who was an actor and film producer, as well as being married to Mary Pickford.
 Rogers began his career on the 1924 silent film, "A Cafe in Cairo", produced by the short-lived Hunt Stromberg Productions.
 After Stromberg ceased productions in 1925, Rogers would found his own independent company, Charles R. Rogers Productions.
 He would also produce for major studios such as RKO Radio Pictures, Universal, and United Artists.
 The pinnacle of his career would be from 1936 to 1938 when he was chosen as the vice-president in charge of production for Universal Pictures.
 He died as the result of injuries sustained in a car accident in 1957.
The Dawn of a Tomorrow is a 1924 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.
 It is based on the 1906 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett and stars Jacqueline Logan.
 George Melford directed the story which had been filmed before in 1915 also titled "The Dawn of a Tomorrow" with Mary Pickford.
 A play version had been produced on Broadway in 1909 which served as the final starring stage role for Eleanor Robson Belmont.
 The film today is lost.
Clarence Kolster (September 6, 1895 – May 6, 1972) was an American film editor, active during the later years of the silent era, right through the 1950s.
 Born in Plattsburgh, New York in 1895, he would begin his film career editing the 1922 silent film, "Rags to Riches".
 In the more than thirty years of his career, he would edit almost 100 films, as well as his sole directing foray, as the assistant on the 1924 silent film, "The Lighthouse by the Sea".
 His career would include such classics as "The Painted Desert", also in 1931, which featured Clark Gable's first speaking role; the 1946 remake of "Of Human Bondage"; "Always Leave Them Laughing", starring Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo; and 1958's "Our Miss Brooks" starring Eve Arden.
Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright.
 She is best known for the three children's novels "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (published in 1885–1886), "A Little Princess" (1905), and "The Secret Garden" (1911).
Second Youth is a 1924 silent film comedy romance produced by Distinctive Pictures (George Arliss) and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures.
 The film is one of the few and rare silent appearances of Broadway husband and wife team Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
 The film is preserved at the Library of Congress and Cinematheque Royale de Belgique.
A Self-Made Failure is a lost 1924 silent film feature comedy distributed by Associated First National Pictures, later First National Pictures.
 It was directed by William Beaudine and starred silent comic Lloyd Hamilton and then child actor Ben Alexander.
 At the time it was one of the longest comedy features ever made.
 While this film is "lost", a trailer of it survives in the Library of Congress film collection.
North of 36 is a 1924 silent film Western Drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
 The film is based on the novel, "North of 36", by Emerson Hough.
 The film was directed by Irvin Willat and stars Jack Holt and Lois Wilson.
 This film was preserved in the Library of Congress in the 1970s and has been restored by that archive with a new screening of the restored film in the summer of 2011 in upstate New York.
The Silent Accuser is a 1924 silent film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
 The film stars dog star Peter the Great, Eleanor Boardman and Raymond McKee.
 This film is considered lost.

Question: Which 1924 silent film was based on the 1906 by a British-American novelist and playwright born in 1849?
Answer: The Dawn of a Tomorrow