The Light That Failed (1923)

Directed by

George Melford

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A painter gradually loses his sight, straining his relationships and his creative work. The story follows his struggle to complete a final masterpiece before he goes completely blind.

melancholicslow-burnbleakdramaticvisually starkintrospectiveemotionally heavytragic

What happens

The Light That Failed is a 1923 American silent drama film that was directed by George Melford and written by Jack Cunningham and F. McGrew Willis based on the 1891 novelette of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The film stars Jacqueline Logan, Percy Marmont, David Torrence, Sigrid Holmquist, Mabel Van Buren, Luke Cosgrave, and Peggy Schaffer. The film was released on October 25, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. It was remade in 1939 as a sound film The Light That Failed starring Ronald Colman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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