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1925 film by Robert Zigler Leonard

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)

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.

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, 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
Margie Angus as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Mary Angus as Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Preservation

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

References

Progressive Silent Film List: Bright Lights at silentera.com
Sewell, Charles S. (November 28, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Bright Lights; Pleasing Picture Presents Charles Ray in Type That Made His Fame — Pauline Starke Co-starred". The Moving Picture World. 77 (4). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 344. Retrieved October 11, 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Bright Lights
Bright Lights at Lost Film File: MGM 1925 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Bright Lights at IMDb
Bright Lights at AllMovie
Bright Lights at the TCM Movie Database
Bright Lights at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Still at www.shutterstock.com

v t e Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
The Master Key (1914) The Ruby Circle (1914) Christmas Memories (1915) Judge Not (1915) The Love Girl (1916) Secret Love (1916) The Crippled Hand (1916) The Eagle's Wings (1916) Little Eve Edgarton (1916) The Plow Girl (1916) On Record (1917) A Mormon Maid (1917) The Primrose Ring (1917) At First Sight (1917) Princess Virtue (1917) Face Value (1918) The Bride's Awakening (1918) Danger, Go Slow (1918) Her Body in Bond (1918) Modern Love (1918) The Big Little Person (1919) The Delicious Little Devil (1919) The Scarlet Shadow (1919) What Am I Bid? (1919) The Way of a Woman (1919) The Miracle of Love (1919) April Folly (1920) The Restless Sex (1920) Stronger Than Death (1920) The Gilded Lily (1921) Heedless Moths (1921) Peacock Alley (1922) Fascination (1922) Broadway Rose (1922) Jazzmania (1923) Fashion Row (1923) The French Doll (1923) Mademoiselle Midnight (1924) Circe, the Enchantress (1924) Love's Wilderness (1924) Cheaper to Marry (1925) Time, the Comedian (1925) Bright Lights (1925) Dance Madness (1926) Mademoiselle Modiste (1926) The Waning Sex (1926) A Little Journey (1927) The Demi-Bride (1927) Adam and Evil (1927) Tea for Three (1927) Baby Mine (1928) The Cardboard Lover (1928) A Lady of Chance (1928) Marianne (1929, silent) Marianne (1929, musical) The Divorcee (1930) In Gay Madrid (1930) Let Us Be Gay (1930) The Bachelor Father (1931) Five and Ten (1931) It's a Wise Child (1931) Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931) Lovers Courageous (1932) The Son-Daughter (1932) Strange Interlude (1932) When Ladies Meet (1933) Dancing Lady (1933) Peg o' My Heart (1933) Outcast Lady (1934) After Office Hours (1935) Naughty Marietta (1935) Escapade (1935) A Tale of Two Cities (1935) The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Small Town Girl (1936) Piccadilly Jim (1936) Maytime (1937) The Firefly (1937) The Girl of the Golden West (1938) Broadway Serenade (1939) New Moon (1940) Pride and Prejudice (1940) Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) Ziegfeld Girl (1941) When Ladies Meet (1941) We Were Dancing (1942) Stand By for Action (1942) The Man from Down Under (1943) Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944) Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) The Secret Heart (1946) Cynthia (1947) B.F.'s Daughter (1948) The Bribe (1949) In the Good Old Summertime (1949) Nancy Goes to Rio (1950) Duchess of Idaho (1950) Grounds for Marriage (1951) Too Young to Kiss (1951) Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) The Clown (1953) The Great Diamond Robbery (1953) Her Twelve Men (1954) The King's Thief (1955) Beautiful but Dangerous (1955) Kelly and Me (1957)

Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard

The Master Key (1914)
The Ruby Circle (1914)
Christmas Memories (1915)
Judge Not (1915)
The Love Girl (1916)
Secret Love (1916)
The Crippled Hand (1916)
The Eagle's Wings (1916)
Little Eve Edgarton (1916)
The Plow Girl (1916)
On Record (1917)
A Mormon Maid (1917)
The Primrose Ring (1917)
At First Sight (1917)
Princess Virtue (1917)
Face Value (1918)
The Bride's Awakening (1918)
Danger, Go Slow (1918)
Her Body in Bond (1918)
Modern Love (1918)
The Big Little Person (1919)
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
The Scarlet Shadow (1919)
What Am I Bid? (1919)
The Way of a Woman (1919)
The Miracle of Love (1919)
April Folly (1920)
The Restless Sex (1920)
Stronger Than Death (1920)
The Gilded Lily (1921)
Heedless Moths (1921)
Peacock Alley (1922)
Fascination (1922)
Broadway Rose (1922)
Jazzmania (1923)
Fashion Row (1923)
The French Doll (1923)
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
Love's Wilderness (1924)
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
Time, the Comedian (1925)
Bright Lights (1925)
Dance Madness (1926)
Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)
The Waning Sex (1926)
A Little Journey (1927)
The Demi-Bride (1927)
Adam and Evil (1927)
Tea for Three (1927)
Baby Mine (1928)
The Cardboard Lover (1928)
A Lady of Chance (1928)
Marianne (1929, silent)
Marianne (1929, musical)
The Divorcee (1930)
In Gay Madrid (1930)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
The Bachelor Father (1931)
Five and Ten (1931)
It's a Wise Child (1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Lovers Courageous (1932)
The Son-Daughter (1932)
Strange Interlude (1932)
When Ladies Meet (1933)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Peg o' My Heart (1933)
Outcast Lady (1934)
After Office Hours (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Escapade (1935)
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Small Town Girl (1936)
Piccadilly Jim (1936)
Maytime (1937)
The Firefly (1937)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
Broadway Serenade (1939)
New Moon (1940)
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
We Were Dancing (1942)
Stand By for Action (1942)
The Man from Down Under (1943)
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
The Secret Heart (1946)
Cynthia (1947)
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
The Bribe (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)
The Clown (1953)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
Her Twelve Men (1954)
The King's Thief (1955)
Beautiful but Dangerous (1955)
Kelly and Me (1957)

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