The Girl in the Dark
The Girl in the Dark is a 1918 American silent mystery film directed by Stuart Paton. The script was written by Albert Kenyon, based on the 1914 novel The Green Seal by Charles Edmonds Walk.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Stuart Paton |
| Screenplay by | Albert Kenyon |
| Based on | The Green Seal by Charles Edmonds Walk |
| Starring | Carmel Myers Ashton Dearholt Frank Tokunaga |
| Cinematography | Duke Hayward |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
A young woman named Lois who was branded with Chinese letters on her shoulder as a baby finds herself attracting nefarious attention as she grows older.[3]
Cast
- Carmel Myers as Lois Fox
- Ashton Dearholt as Brice Ferris
- Frank Tokunaga as Ming
- Frank Deshon as Lao Wing
- Harry Carter as Strang
- Alfred Allen as Chief of Police Struber
- Betty Schade as Sally
Preservation
With no copies of The Girl in the Dark held in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
- Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Afi, American Film; Institute, American Film (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209640.
- Goble, Alan (2011-09-08). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.
- "Oriental Film at the Bank". The Akron Beacon Journal. 8 Mar 1918. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Girl in the Dark
External links
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