Lights_Out_(1923_film)

<i>Lights Out</i> (1923 film)

Lights Out (1923 film)

1923 film

Lights Out is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Ruth Stonehouse, Walter McGrail and Theodore von Eltz.[1] It is based on the 1922 play Lights Out by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, later adapted into the 1938 film Crashing Hollywood.[2] The remake was more light-hearted than the melodramatic tone of the original.

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Synopsis

Two criminals encounter a screenwriter on a train and persuade him to create a screenplay about the criminal underworld. In an attempt to revenge themselves on one of their former associates, they negatively depict him in the work. After seeing the film he heads to the film studio seeking revenge.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Lights Out located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Munden p.436
  2. [2]
    Goble p.127
  3. [3]
    The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Lights Out

Bibliography

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.


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