Beyond London Lights (1928)
In order to break up her son's engagement to a postmaster's daughter, a wealthy matron hires the girl as the family maid, then sets up her son with a beautiful and wealthy heiress. The son breaks his engagement and instead becomes engaged to the heiress. Depressed, the young girl leaves and, with a friend's help, moves to London and becomes a fashion model. Complications ensue when her former fiancé comes to London to get her back..
- Date of release
- 1928-03-18
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Tom Terriss
Casting
- Adrienne Dore — Kitty Carstairs
- Lee Shumway — John Risk
- Bill Elliott — Colin Drummond
- Herbert Evans — Symington
- Jacqueline Gadsden — Lady Dorothy
- Florence Wix — Mrs. Drummond
- Templar Saxe — Stephen Carstairs
- Blanche Craig — Mrs. Bundle
- Kathrin Clare Ward — The landlady
Interesting facts
Beyond London Lights is a lost 1928 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Adrienne Dore, Lee Shumway, and Bill Elliott. It is based on John Joy Bell's 1917 novel Kitty Carstairs, and is sometimes referred to by that title. It was made by Film Booking Offices of America.
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