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Light in Darkness
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5087 feet
Directed by Alan Crosland

Cast: Shirley Mason [Hilary Kenyon], Frank Morgan [Ramsey Latham], William H. Tooker [Sheriff Brad Milligan], J. Frank Grandon [J. Arthur Converse], George Trimble [the governor of California], Bigelow Cooper [DeWitt Pierce], William Wadsworth [Sheriff Len Moody], Sam Niblack [the state bank examiner], Charles Martin [the bank teller]

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by K-E-S-E Service. / Scenario by Alan Crosland, from the short story “Light in Darkness” by Peter B. Kyne. / © 12 January 1917 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP10938]. Released 9 July 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (George Kleine collection) [16mm archival reduction positive (FRA 3624-FRA 3625), 16mm duplicate reduction negative (FRA 3588-FRA 3589), 16mm reference reduction positive (FLA 2001-FLA 2002)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 April 2012.

Reference: Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.