Drama ·War · United States of America · 1916 · 50m

The Eye of the Night

Director

Cast

William H. Thompson as David Holden Margery Wilson as Jane (as Marjory Wilson) J.P. Lockney as Denby Aggie Herring as Mrs. Denby (as Agnes Herring) John Gilbert as (uncredited) Thornton Edwards as Rob Benson

Crew

Devereaux Jennings — Director of Photography C. Gardner Sullivan — Writer

Tagline

A Simple Story of An Abused Trust In Mankind and Full of Pathos and Human Appeal and Wonderfully Produced

Synopsis

William H. Thompson plays a likeable old lighthouse keeper who must contend with his less likeable fellow villagers. One of Thompson's acts of kindness is to bless the "scandalous" romance between hero and heroine.

Mood & Themes

partially lost film

Key Collaborators

Walter Edwards Director Devereaux Jennings Director of Photography C. Gardner Sullivan Writer

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