A Dark Lantern

A Dark Lantern
Publicity photo from a contemporary newspaper.
Directed by	John S. Robertson
Produced by	Realart Pictures
Written by	Burns Mantle (scenario)
Based on	A Dark Lantern by Elizabeth Robins
Starring	Alice Brady James L. Crane
Cinematography	Roy Overbaugh
Distributed by	Realart Pictures
Release dates	July 16, 1920 (1920-07-16)
Running time	6 reels (5,956 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A Dark Lantern is a lost^[1] 1920 American silent drama film produced and released by Realart Pictures. It is based on a 1905 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Robins.^[2]

John S. Robertson directed and Alice Brady and her then husband James Crane star.^[3]^[4]^[5]

According to the AFI Catalog, the film was shot at the Essanay studios in Chicago as that was where Alice Brady was appearing in a play at the time.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[6] mistaking the intentions of Prince Anton (Denny) of Argovinia in seeking her hand, young English woman Katherine Dereham (Brady) suffers a great shock when his attentions culminate in a proposal that she be his morganatic wife, his country requiring an alliance with a royal princess. This, together with the blow of her father's death, shatters Katherine's nerves and causes a breakdown. She recovers under the rigid administrations of Dr. Garth Vincent (Crane). Her attitude of antagonistic exaggeration of his sternness that conceives it as sheer brutality makes her submission to the deep love he bears her a sorrowful task. His patience at last breaks her embittered spirit and sends her to his home, willing to accept his protection under compromising circumstances. The realness of his affection is at last revealed to her and Prince Anton, whose love for Katherine has made him risk his throne by divorcing his wife, is sent back to Argovinia.

Cast

Alice Brady as Katherine Dereham
James Crane as Dr. Garth Vincent
Reginald Denny as Prince Anton
Brandon Hurst as Colonel Dereham
Marie Burke as Lady Peterborough
David Monterno as Graf-Wilhelm
Carolyn Irwin as Mrs. Hally
Mrs. Tony West as Mrs. Todine
Roni Pursell as Princess Margaretha
Russell McDermott as Leonard
Virginia Huppert as Nurse for Katherine
Dorothy Betts as Natalie, Maid

References

↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..A Dark Lantern
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..A Dark Lantern
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 published by The American Film Institute, c.1920
↑ allmovie/synopsis; A Dark Lantern
↑ Pictorial History of the Silent Screen by Daniel C. Blum , c. 1953 p. 173
↑ "Reviews: A Dark Lantern". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 11 (7): 103. August 14, 1920.

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Films directed by John S. Robertson

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1920s	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Away Goes Prudence (1920) A Dark Lantern (1920) 39 East (1920) Sentimental Tommy (1921) The Magic Cup (1921) Footlights (1921) Love's Boomerang (1922) The Spanish Jade (1922) Tess of the Storm Country (1922) The Bright Shawl (1923) The Fighting Blade (1923) Twenty-One (1923) The Enchanted Cottage (1924) Classmates (1924) New Toys (1925) Soul-Fire (1925) Shore Leave (1925) Annie Laurie (1927) Captain Salvation (1927) The Road to Romance (1927) The Single Standard (1929) Shanghai Lady (1929)

1930s	Night Ride (1930) Captain of the Guard (1930) Madonna of the Streets (1930) Beyond Victory (1931) The Phantom of Paris (1931) Little Orphan Annie (1932) One Man's Journey (1933) The Crime Doctor (1934) His Greatest Gamble (1934) Wednesday's Child (1934) Grand Old Girl (1934) Captain Hurricane (1935) Our Little Girl (1935)

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