The Flashlight (1917)

The Flashlight (1917)

1917-05-21 United States of America 50 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

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