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The Flashlight

NR
Mystery

Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger -- when the trigger is stepped on by a passing animal, a flash goes off and the camera shoots the picture. Lane goes up to the mountains to try out his new contraption. When a recluse refuses to let him spend the night in his cabin, Lane goes to sleep out of doors, with the camera set up near by. In the middle of the night, he is awakened by the flash and the sound of gunshots. Trekking back to his own cabin the next day, he develops the picture, which is of a girl holding a rifle. He returns to the recluse's cabin where he is arrested for murder.

05-21-1917
50 min
The Flashlight
Backdrop for The Flashlight

Main Cast

Dorothy Phillips

Dorothy Phillips

Delice Brixton

Jack Lane

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

Henry Norton

John Peterson

Barclay (as George Burrell)

Mrs. Barclay

Deputy

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
Ida May Park
Writer:
Ida May Park
Production:
Bluebird Photoplays

Key Crew

Director:
Ida May Park
Writer:
Ida May Park

Locations and Languages

Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en