
The Sunbeam
A RAY OF HOPE IN THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
15 min
Release Date
1912-02-26
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
14
Vote Average
6.3
Ynez Seabury
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Kate Bruce
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Claire McDowell
The Spinster
Dell Henderson
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Priscilla Dean
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Gladys Egan
One of the Children in Hallway
Edna Foster
Child with Cap in Hallway
W. Chrystie Miller
Old Man In Tenement Hallway
Adolph Lestina
1st Health Inspector
John T. Dillon
A Policeman
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