The Shining Adventure is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugo Ballin and starring Percy Marmont, Mabel Ballin, and Ben Alexander.[1][2]

The Shining Adventure
Directed byHugo Ballin
Written byLaurence Trimble
Based onThe Shining Adventure
by Dana Burnet
StarringPercy Marmont
Mabel Ballin
Ben Alexander
CinematographyJames Diamond
Production
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Madeline Brandeis Productions
Distributed byAstor Pictures
Release date
  • August 7, 1925 (1925-08-07)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] a philanthropic but not very practical woman is admired by a rugged doctor who in serving the poor finds in a tenement house the sister of the philanthropist. She is in poor mental and physical health and her baby son is not properly cared for. The doctor gives the child into the rich woman’s care and the mother disappears. The rich woman neglects the child, and finally it wanders to the neighborhood of its old home. The boy’s mother, who is now definitely demented, finds him, and loses him again, the last time by death. Then she reveals her identity to her sister. Conscience stricken, the rich woman promises to make amends.

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Preservation

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A complete print of The Shining Adventure exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archive in Los Angeles.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Munden, Kenneth White (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 709. ISBN 0520209699.
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Shining Adventure at silentera.com. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "New Pictures: The Shining Adventure". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 23, no. 7. Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company. November 7, 1925. p. 51. Retrieved November 18, 2022.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Shining Adventure
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