Into the Light
Cast & Crew
Robert North Bradbury
Patricia Palmer
Edward Hearn
William Lion West
Gertrude Claire
William Moran
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy and then the love of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city, where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours, she is restored to health.
Director
Robert North Bradbury
Cast
Patricia Palmer
Edward Hearn
William Lion West
Gertrude Claire
William Moran
Dorothy Ketchum
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
The film was shot under the title Hollyhocks but was re-titled Into The Light by February 1920, when it was announced to be completed. It showed at Los Angeles' Clune Auditorium in March 1920, but it probably did not received general distribution until the spring of 1921 at the earliest. It is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.5624) as Things Men Do, and was released under that title in 1921. When the film was screened for the trade press in early 1921, Schlesinger announced that it would not be released until several scenes were excised, including scenes depicting the horsewhipping of the girl, The Spider molesting her and the use of drugs. Several contemporary sources state that the film was based on a novel, but no evidence of the novel's existence has been discovered.
