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The Sunbeam
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The Sunbeam

1912-02-26 · 15 min · ★ 6.3

Drama · Comedy

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two. A little girl from the floor above, now alone in the world, brings the pair together and brightens their lives.

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Directors
D.W. Griffith
Production companies
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ynez SeaburyYnez SeaburyLittle Sunbeam
Kate BruceKate BruceSunbeam's Mamma
Claire McDowellClaire McDowellThe Spinster
Dell HendersonDell HendersonThe Bachelor
Charles Hill MailesCharles Hill MailesThe Janitor
Priscilla DeanPriscilla DeanIn Tenement Hallway
Gladys EganGladys EganOne of the Children in Hallway
Edna FosterEdna FosterChild with Cap in Hallway
W. Chrystie MillerW. Chrystie MillerOld Man In Tenement Hallway
Adolph LestinaAdolph Lestina1st Health Inspector
John T. DillonA Policeman

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