Bright Lights (1925 film)

Bright Lights
Bright Lights
	Lobby card
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Jessie Burns; Lew Lipton; William Conselman; (titles); Joseph Farnham; (titles)
Based on	"A Little Bit of Broadway"; 1924 story in Liberty; by Richard Connell
Starring	Charles Ray; Pauline Starke
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	William LeVanway
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 15, 1925;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Bright Lights is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film is based on the story "A Little Bit of Broadway" by Richard Connell, and stars Charles Ray, who achieved stardom by playing ingenious country boys.^[1]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[2] Pauline (Starke) is a chorus girl who is cynical toward all men. Visiting her home town she meets Tom (Ray) and kids him along, but soon finds he is different and falls in love with him. He sees her with a city chap and misunderstanding, tries to make himself the kind of man he thinks she likes. The result is that he overdoes it and so disappoints her that she turns him down. Her friend puts him wise, he becomes his real whole-souled honest self once more and wins her.

Cast

Charles Ray as Tom Corbin
Pauline Starke as Patsy Delaney
Lilyan Tashman as Gwen Gould
Lawford Davidson as Marty Loftus
Ned Sparks as Barney Gallagher
Eugenie Besserer as Patsy's mom
Margie Angus as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Mary Angus as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Bright Lights located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.^[4] A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists.

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Bright Lights at silentera.com
^ Sewell, Charles S. (November 28, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Bright Lights; Pleasing Picture Presents Charles Ray in Type That Made His Fame — Pauline Starke Co-starred". The Moving Picture World. 77 (4). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 344. Retrieved October 11, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bright Lights
^ Bright Lights at Lost Film File: MGM 1925 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Bright Lights at IMDb
Bright Lights at AllMovie
Bright Lights at the TCM Movie Database
Bright Lights at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Still at www.shutterstock.com

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Bright Lights at silentera.com

[MPW-2] Sewell, Charles S. (November 28, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Bright Lights; Pleasing Picture Presents Charles Ray in Type That Made His Fame — Pauline Starke Co-starred". The Moving Picture World. 77 (4). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 344. Retrieved October 11, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bright Lights

[4] Bright Lights at Lost Film File: MGM 1925 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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