Bright Lights (1925 film)
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Bright Lights is a 1925
comedy film
directed by Robert Z. Leonard
. The film stars Charles Ray, who achieved stardom by playing ingenious country boys. It is presumed lost.
1925 in film
-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Robert Z. Leonard
Robert Zigler Leonard was an American film director, actor, producer and screenwriter.He was born in Chicago, Illinois...
. The film stars Charles Ray, who achieved stardom by playing ingenious country boys. It is presumed lost.
Plot
Tom Corbin (Charles Ray) falls for Patsy (Pauline Starke), a Broadway dancer who comes home for a visit, who tries to emulate her big city friends.Cast
- Charles Ray - Tom Corbin
- Pauline StarkePauline StarkePauline Starke was an American silent-film actress born in Joplin, Missouri.She made her acting debut appearing as a dance extra in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance...
- Patsy Delaney - Lilyan TashmanLilyan TashmanLilyan Tashman was a Brooklyn-born Jewish American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses and the bitchy 'other woman'...
- Gwen Gould - Lawford Davidson - Marty Loftus
- Ned SparksNed SparksNed Sparks was a Canadian character actor. Sparks was well known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice.-Early life and career:...
- Barney Gallagher - Eugenie BessererEugenie BessererEugenie Besserer was an actress born in Watertown, New York of French Canadian parents, who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion picture era, beginning in 1910.- Orphan in Canada:...
- Patsy's mom