Drama ·Comedy · United States of America · 1912 · 15m

The Sunbeam

The Sunbeam poster
Director
D.W. Griffith
Cast
Ynez Seabury as Little Sunbeam Kate Bruce as Sunbeam's Mamma Claire McDowell as The Spinster Dell Henderson as The Bachelor Charles Hill Mailes as The Janitor Priscilla Dean as In Tenement Hallway
Crew
Billy Bitzer — Director of Photography George Hennessy — Writer
Tagline

A RAY OF HOPE IN THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY

Synopsis

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two. A little girl from the floor above, now alone in the world, brings the pair together and brightens their lives.

Mood & Themes
bachelortendernesslonelinesslittle girlorphantenementsilent filmspinstermoppet
Key Collaborators
D.W. Griffith Director Billy Bitzer Director of Photography George Hennessy Writer
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