The Sunbeam

Movie·1912·0h 15m

The Sunbeam

A RAY OF HOPE IN THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY

Directed By

D.W. Griffith

Country

United States of America

Language

No Language

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// overview

The Story

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.

Written By

George Hennessy

Cinematography

Billy Bitzer

Themes

bachelortendernesslonelinesslittle girlorphantenementsilent filmspinstermoppet

Production House

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Audience Score

63%

14 votes

Skip13%
Timepass29%
Go for it37%
Perfection21%

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// cast

Cast

Ynez Seabury

Ynez Seabury

Little Sunbeam

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

Sunbeam's Mamma

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

The Spinster

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

The Bachelor

Charles Hill Mailes

Charles Hill Mailes

The Janitor

Priscilla Dean

Priscilla Dean

In Tenement Hallway

Gladys Egan

Gladys Egan

One of the Children in Hallway

Edna Foster

Edna Foster

Child with Cap in Hallway

W. Chrystie Miller

W. Chrystie Miller

Old Man In Tenement Hallway

Adolph Lestina

Adolph Lestina

1st Health Inspector

John T. Dillon

A Policeman

// crew

Crew

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Director

George Hennessy

Writer

Billy Bitzer

Billy Bitzer

Director of Photography

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