The Flashlight

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 21, 1917

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Bluebird Photoplays

Cast

Dorothy Phillips,George Berrell,Clyde Benson,Orin Jackson,Alfred Allen,Mark Fenton,Lon Chaney,William Stowell,Evelyn Selbie

Director

Ida May Park

Writer

Ida May Park,Albert Treynor

Cinematography

King D. Gray

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0007955