• 1922
  • 1h 10m
The Light in the Dark

Summary Poor Bessie MacGregor is struck by the automobile of wealthy Mrs. Templeton Orrin and is taken home to live with her. But Bessie leaves when Mrs. Orrin's brother, J. Warburton Ashe, trifles with her love. Thief Tony Pantelli befriends her in the tenement where she finds a room, tries to obtain money for her care from Ashe, and, failing, steals a goblet that Ashe has brought home from England, thinking it may be the Holy Grail. The goblet, which gives off a glow and is reputed to have healing powers, is recovered, stolen again, again recovered and stolen, and finally lost in a river. Meanwhile, Ashe exonerates Tony in night court, realizes he really loves Bessie, now cured, and is reunited with her. View more details

  • 1922
  • 1h 10m

The Light in the Dark

Directed : Clarence Brown

Written : Clarence Brown William Dudley Pelley

Stars : Lon Chaney E.K. Lincoln Hope Hampton Theresa Maxwell Conover

All cast & crew

6.2

Details

Genres : Crime Drama Romance

Release date : Sep 2, 1922

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Paragon Studios, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA

Production companies : Vitagraph Company of America Hope Hampton Productions

Summary Poor Bessie MacGregor is struck by the automobile of wealthy Mrs. Templeton Orrin and is taken home to live with her. But Bessie leaves when Mrs. Orrin's brother, J. Warburton Ashe, trifles with her love. Thief Tony Pantelli befriends her in the tenement where she finds a room, tries to obtain money for her care from Ashe, and, failing, steals a goblet that Ashe has brought home from England, thinking it may be the Holy Grail. The goblet, which gives off a glow and is reputed to have healing powers, is recovered, stolen again, again recovered and stolen, and finally lost in a river. Meanwhile, Ashe exonerates Tony in night court, realizes he really loves Bessie, now cured, and is reunited with her. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama Romance

Release date : Sep 2, 1922

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Paragon Studios, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA

Production companies : Vitagraph Company of America Hope Hampton Productions

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