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Bright Lights is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film is based on the story "A Little Bit of Broadway" by Richard Connell, and stars Charles Ray, who achieved stardom by playing ingenious country boys.[1]

Bright Lights
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Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Jessie Burns Lew Lipton William Conselman (titles) Joseph Farnham (titles)
Based on	"A Little Bit of Broadway" 1924 story in Liberty by Richard Connell
Starring	Charles Ray Pauline Starke
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	William LeVanway
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 15, 1925 (1925-11-15)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[2] Pauline (Starke) is a chorus girl who is cynical toward all men. Visiting her home town she meets Tom (Ray) and kids him along, but soon finds he is different and falls in love with him. He sees her with a city chap and misunderstanding, tries to make himself the kind of man he thinks she likes. The result is that he overdoes it and so disappoints her that she turns him down. Her friend puts him wise, he becomes his real whole-souled honest self once more and wins her.

Cast

• Charles Ray as Tom Corbin
• Pauline Starke as Patsy Delaney
• Lilyan Tashman as Gwen Gould
• Lawford Davidson as Marty Loftus
• Ned Sparks as Barney Gallagher
• Eugenie Besserer as Patsy's mom

Preservation

With no prints of Bright Lights located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4] A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists.

References

External links

• Bright Lights at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Bright Lights at the TCM Movie Database
• Bright Lights at the American Film Institute Catalog

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