Short film
A Flash in the Dark
1914 · 10 min
A brief, silent melodrama that moves quickly from domestic neglect to sudden peril underground.
- Directed by
- Wallace Reid
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Wallace Reid, Dorothy Davenport, Ed Brady
- Overview
- Randall is a rich mine owner whose business affairs cause him to neglect his somewhat frivolous wife. There is a mutual friend whom Randall carelessly allows to entertain his wife. As a result, the friend pays more than natural attentions to the woman. The three visit one of Randall's mines. The wife and friend go down the mining shaft in a bucket. While they are yet underground, a quantity of dynamite explodes. The mine is filled with poisonous fumes.
- How it feels
- Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Betrayal, love, survival
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Wallace Reid
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Starring
- Wallace Reid, Dorothy Davenport, Ed Brady
