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The Flashlight is a 1917
silent
drama film
directed by Ida May Park
and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
1917 in film
The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Ida May Park
Ida May Park
Ida May Park was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent era. She wrote for 50 films between 1914 and 1930. She also directed 14 films between 1917 and 1920....
and starring Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
Cast
- Dorothy PhillipsDorothy PhillipsDorothy Phillips was an American stage and film actress.-Career:Born Dorothy Gwendolyn Strible in Baltimore, Maryland, Phillips began her career as a stage actress. She made her film debut in 1911, and appeared in over 150 films during her career...
- Delice Brixton - William StowellWilliam StowellWilliam Stowell , was an American silent film actor who died in a railroad accident in the Belgian Congo in 1919....
- Jack Lane - Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney, Sr.Lon Chaney , nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," was an American actor during the age of silent films. He was one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema...
- Henry Norton and Porter Brixton - Alfred AllenAlfred Allen (actor)For other persons named Alfred Allen, see Alfred Allen Alfred Allen was an American silent film actor and author.He was signed in 1915 and starred in 106 films before his retirement in 1935...
- John Peterson - George BerrellGeorge BerrellGeorge Berrell was an American actor of both the 19th and early 20th Century stage and of the silent era...
- Barclay (as George Burrell) - Evelyn SelbieEvelyn SelbieEvelyn Selbie was a stage actress and performer in silent films.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman she was a side-saddle rider. She had a career which lasted twenty-five years on the stage. She began in Proctor's stock companies in New York after leaving her home. She acted in plays...
- Mrs. Barclay - Clyde Benson - Deputy
- Orin Jackson - Howard, Jack Lane's servant (as O.C. Jackson)
- Mark FentonMark FentonMark Fenton was an American actor of the silent era. He had a sturdy theatrical and Broadway career behind him before coming to silent pictures...
- Judge