''Bright Lights'' is a 1925 American
silent romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by
Robert Z. Leonard
Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter.
Biography
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to silent star Mae Murray with the two formin ...
. The film is based on the story "A Little Bit of Broadway" by
Richard Connell
Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is best remembered for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story wr ...
, 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
Preservation
With no prints of ''Bright Lights'' located in any film archives, it is a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
''Bright Lights'' at Lost Film File: ''MGM 1925''
A vintage movie trailer
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displaying short clips of the film still exists.
References
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Still
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1925 films
1925 romantic comedy films
Lost American romantic comedy films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films based on short fiction
Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1925 lost films
1920s American films
Silent American romantic comedy films
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