Through the Dark (1924)
She found love in an amazing and thrilling manner in this compelling story that shoots across the screen in a blaze of action-Packed with dramatic punches, thrilling romance and delightful humor.
During a rebellion of prisoners at the San Quentin State Prison, Boston Blackie makes a lightning escape aided by Mary McGinn while chased prison guards. Mary is a school girl, unaware that her brothers are crooks. She is expelled from school. Blackie rejoins his gang and takes refuge in Mother McGinn's house, where he again meets Mary. She devotes herself to making Blackie go straight and wins her point.
- Date of release
- 1924-01-06
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- George W. Hill
Casting
- Colleen Moore — Mary McGinn
- Forrest Stanley — Boston Blackie
- Margaret Seddon — Mother McGinn
- Hobart Bosworth — Warden
- George Cooper — Travel
- Eddie Phillips — The 'Glad Rag' Kid
- Wade Boteler — Detective O'Leary
- Tom Bates — Sandy
- Carmelita Geraghty — Ethel Grayson
- Maxine Elliott Hicks
Interesting facts
Through the Dark is a 1924 American silent mystery crime drama film directed by George W. Hill, and starring Colleen Moore and Forrest Stanley as the popular jewel thief and sometimes detective character Boston Blackie. The film's scenario, written by Frances Marion, is based on the short story "The Daughter of Mother McGinn" by Jack Boyle, which appeared in serial form in Cosmopolitan. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed through Goldwyn Pictures.
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