bachelor,tenderness,loneliness,little girl,orphan,tenement,silent film,spinster,moppet

The Sunbeam (1912)

Poster for The Sunbeam

A RAY OF HOPE IN THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
D.W. Griffith
  • Profile picture of Ynez Seabury
    Little Sunbeam Ynez Seabury
  • Profile picture of Kate Bruce
    Sunbeam's Mamma Kate Bruce
  • Profile picture of Claire McDowell
    The Spinster Claire McDowell
  • Profile picture of Dell Henderson
    The Bachelor Dell Henderson
  • Profile picture of Charles Hill Mailes
    The Janitor Charles Hill Mailes
  • Profile picture of Priscilla Dean
    In Tenement Hallway Priscilla Dean
  • Profile picture of Gladys Egan
    One of the Children in Hallway Gladys Egan
  • Profile picture of Edna Foster
    Child with Cap in Hallway Edna Foster

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Keywords

  • bachelor
  • tenderness
  • loneliness
  • little girl
  • orphan
  • tenement
  • silent film
  • spinster
  • moppet