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The Light That Failed (1923 film)

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'The Light That Failed' is a 1923 American silent drama film that was directed by George Melford and written by Jack Cunningham and F. McGrew Willis based on the 1891 novelette of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Jacqueline Logan, Percy Marmont, David Torrence, Sigrid Holmquist, Mabel Van Buren, Luke Cosgrave, and Peggy Schaffer. The film was released on October 25, 1923, by Paramount Pictures.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LightThatFailed1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Light That Failed'] at silent era.com

It was remade in 1939 as a sound film 'The Light That Failed' starring Ronald Colman.

Plot



As described in a film magazine review, artist Dick Heldar returns to London from the Sudan and wins fame through his war sketches. He meets his old sweetheart, Maisie Wells. Bessie Broke, the model for his masterpiece painting, causes a quarrel between the lovers. Dick goes blind and Bessie destroys the painting, which Dick had worked on during his last moments of sight. Later, Bessie relents and brings the two lovers back together again just as Dick's friend Topenhow leaves for the front during World War I.

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Preservation



With no prints of 'The Light That Failed' located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6891/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'The Light That Failed'] it is a lost film.

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