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The Guiding Light (1913)
Short | 21 min | Drama, Short

The Guiding Light (1913)

Short | 21 min | Drama, Short

At the head of Casco Bay, Peter Fife, keeper of the lighthouse nearby, lives alone with his beautiful seventeen-year-old daughter. The girl has been blind from birth, and the contact with jovial fishermaiden companions so saddens her that ...See moreAt the head of Casco Bay, Peter Fife, keeper of the lighthouse nearby, lives alone with his beautiful seventeen-year-old daughter. The girl has been blind from birth, and the contact with jovial fishermaiden companions so saddens her that the old father has determined to try to have her sight restored. This he is unable to do for financial reasons, but Harry, a fisherman, the girl's lover, saves all of his scant salary for months until he accumulates enough to pay for an operation. Dick Drayton, a half-witted vagabond, sees Harry give the money to Marie's father, and he determines to steal it. That evening the lighthouse keeper catches Drayton in the act of taking the money, and he ejects him from the house, after administering a severe thrashing. The unsuccessful thief, convulsed with rage, determines, as a revenge, to put out the lamp in the lighthouse. On the night that he has selected for his act. Harry and a crew of sailors are returning in their fishing smack across the bay. Drayton is successful in his attempt to put out the light, and for the first time in the history of the lighthouse, the beacon fails to shine. From the window of his cottage Fife sees that the light is out. He hurries from the house in time to encounter Drayton, who is stealthily escaping past the cottage door. A fistic encounter with Drayton follows, and the old keeper is knocked unconscious by a blow with a large club, Marie hears the sounds of the fight and, groping her way into the darkness of the night, she stumbles across the form of her father's body. The old man tells Marie what has happened and then lapses back into unconsciousness. The bravery of the girl instantly asserts itself. She determines, in spite of her blindness, to re-light the beacon. The path to the lighthouse lies along the edge of a towering precipice. Carefully feeling her way, she starts her ascent to the light. Out in the bay Harry and his companions, helpless without the light, are being washed towards the rocks. Step by step Marie is covering the distance to the lighthouse, with certain death below yawning for her. Almost exhausted, she reaches the wall of the lighthouse. She climbs the narrow spiral stairway inside. Up to the top of the tower she ascends and soon her fingers are groping with the familiar apparatus of the light. She is successful in lighting the lamp, and the broad stream of light flashes across the bay just in time to save the boat in which Harry and his companions are returning, Marie falls to the floor, exhausted, and a few minutes later is found by Harry, who has landed successfully. Meanwhile neighbors have discovered the body of the lighthouse keeper, and he is revived. The brave girl's reward comes in the form of a successful operation for blindness and her engagement to Harry. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Harry Myers Harry Barbour - a Fisherman Harry Barbour - a Fisherman See fewer	City Lights (1931)
Marie Weirman Marie Fife - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Marie Fife - the Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter See fewer	The Marble Heart (1915)
Peter Lang Peter Fife - the Lighthouse Keeper Peter Fife - the Lighthouse Keeper See fewer	The College Widow (1915)
Charles Arthur Dick Drayton Dick Drayton See fewer	Wormwood (1915)
Martin Faust Actor Actor See fewer	Lena Rivers (II) (1914)