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Into the Light
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Jane Novak [Jane], Roy Stewart [the burglar], Violet MacMillan, Harold Lloyd
Rex Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Released 17 June 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Universal release number 0584. The film was marketed in the USA with one-sheet, three-sheet and six-sheet posters. The film was released in Canada on 24 June 1915. Braff-Short n. 11578 lists the release date as 10 June 1915 in error.
Drama.
Synopsis: [The Universal Weekly, Volume VI, Number 24, 12 June 1915, page 19] Many a devious way is trod in life and when you see a film like “Into the Light” where a double-dyed burglar who is so hardened that he can, with the utmost equanimity, rob a woman while she she is reading to him out of the Bible, it is not safe to say that it is improbable. Besides he later becomes a parson, and, in spite of temptation which would have conquered many a man who was less firmly “on the trail,” he sticks to it to the end of the line. There is picturesqueness and atmosphere galore in “Into the Light;” there is good strong drama and pathos and all that goes to make a successful photoplay. Little Jane Novak made such a hit in it that she was chosen for a very important part in “The Shepherd of the Mines” as leading woman for Hobart Bosworth. Watch for her work there. Here is the story of “Into the Light.” / Jane is surprised in the night by a burglar. She protects him from one of the neighbors, who was awakened by him, and, while she is saying a prayer for the salvation of his soul, he steals her jewelry. The next day she meets him by accident and is about to admonish when a policeman comes over, and she smilingly walks off. He is repentant, however, when he hears a Salvation Army sermon, and decides to change his mode of living. He leaves the city and becomes the village parson. Jane and her father decide to visit their ranch in Texas and while crossing the plain, they are held up by a bandit. The parson, driving past, saves them and recognizes the little girl who helped him. The parson is called by the bandit to offer the last rites to his dying wife, and while there he finds the bag full of gold which the bandit had stolen from the mill, and for which he is being sought as well as for the murder of the mill watchman. The parson gives him another chance, and allows him to make his getaway. He does so and while the parson is holding the bag of gold, the posse in search of the murderer enter and he is taken prisoner, accused of the murder. A verdict of guilty is brought in at the trial when the bandit, remorseful, rushes in and gives himself up to the law. He is thereupon exonerated and the following Sunday Jane joins him in the sermon. Love will find a way, and the picture comes to a happy climax.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 May 2012.
References: Braff-Short n. 11578 : UnivWeekly-19150612 pp. 19, 34.
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