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The Light That Failed (1916 film)

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'The Light That Failed' is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6890/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'The Light That Failed'] 1916 silent film produced and directed by Edward Jos and starring Robert Edeson and Jose Collins.[http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LightThatFailed1916.html 'The Light That Failed' at silentera.com]'Pictorial History of the Silent Screen', p.111 c.1953 by Daniel Blum It was based on the 1891 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling and had been performed on the Broadway stage by Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Gertrude Elliott in 1904.[http://ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-light-that-failed-5776 'The Light That Failed', Broadway, Knickerbocker Theatre, 1903-1904] It was distributed by Path Exchange.

It was filmed at Fayerweather Island, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Cast



*Robert Edeson - Dick Hedlar

*Jose Collins - Bessie, the Model

*Lillian Tucker - Maizie

*Claude Fleming - Torpenhow (*aka Claude Flemming)

References




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