The Light That Failed (1916 film)

1916 silent film by Edward José

The Light That Failed

Directed by| Edward José
Written by| George B. Seitz
Based on| a novel The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling c.1891
Produced by| Edward José
Starring| Robert Edeson
Jose Collins
Cinematography| Benjamin Struckman
Distributed by| Pathé Exchange, Gold Rooster

Release date

* October 15, 1916 (1916-10-15)

Running time

| 5 reels
Country| USA
Language| Silent..English titles

The Light That Failed is a lost[1] 1916 silent film produced and directed by Edward José and starring Robert Edeson and Jose Collins.[2][3] 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.[4] It was distributed by Pathé Exchange.

It was filmed at Fayerweather Island, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

## Cast

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* Robert Edeson \- Dick Hedlar
* Jose Collins \- Bessie, the Model
* Lillian Tucker - Maizie
* Claude Fleming - Torpenhow (*aka Claude Flemming)

## References

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1. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Light That Failed
2. ^ The Light That Failed at silentera.com
3. ^ Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.111 c.1953 by Daniel Blum ISBN 0-399-50667-5
4. ^ The Light That Failed, Broadway, Knickerbocker Theatre, 1903-1904

## External links

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* The Light That Failed at IMDb

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Rudyard Kipling's The Light That Failed

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* The Light That Failed (1916)
* The Light That Failed (1923)
* The Light That Failed (1939)

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