CinemaOSMovie · 1912 · 0h 15m · NR

The Sunbeam

A RAY OF HOPE IN THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY

63%(15)IMDbDramaComedy

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.

Directed byD.W. Griffith

Status: Released
Runtime: 0h 15m
Language: EN
Released: February 26, 1912

Studios

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Ynez Seabury

Ynez Seabury

Little Sunbeam

Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce

Sunbeam's Mamma

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

The Spinster

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson

The Bachelor

Charles Hill Mailes

Charles Hill Mailes

The Janitor

Priscilla Dean

Priscilla Dean

In Tenement Hallway

Gladys Egan

Gladys Egan

One of the Children in Hallway

Edna Foster

Edna Foster

Child with Cap in Hallway

W. Chrystie Miller

W. Chrystie Miller

Old Man In Tenement Hallway

Adolph Lestina

Adolph Lestina

1st Health Inspector

Creative team

Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Written by: George Hennessy

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