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The Flashlight (1917)

Directed by Ida May Park

Mystery · 50m

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.

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Cast

Dorothy Phillips Delice Brixton William Stowell Jack Lane Lon Chaney Henry Norton / Porter Brixton Alfred Allen John Peterson George Berrell Barclay (as George Burrell) Evelyn Selbie Mrs. Barclay
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Clyde Benson Deputy
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Orin Jackson Howard, Jack Lane's servant (as O.C. Jackson)
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Mark Fenton Judge

Crew

Director
Ida May Park
Writer
Ida May Park
Director of Photography
King D. Gray

Details

Release date
1917-05-21
Runtime
50m
Genres
Mystery
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
Bluebird Photoplays