Lights Out (1923 film)

Lights Out is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Ruth Stonehouse, Walter McGrail and Theodore von Eltz. It is based on the 1922 play Lights Out by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, later adapted into the 1938 film Crashing Hollywood. The remake was more light-hearted than the melodramatic tone of the original.

Synopsis
Two criminals encounter a screenwriter on a train and persuade him to create a screenplay about the criminal underworld. In an attempt to revenge themselves on one of their former associates, they negatively depict him in the work. After seeing the film he heads to the film studio seeking revenge.

Cast

 * Ruth Stonehouse as 	'Hairpin' Annie
 * Walter McGrail as Sea Bass
 * Marie Astaire as 	Barbara
 * Theodore von Eltz as 	'Eggs'
 * Ben Deeley as 'High-Shine' Joe
 * Hank Mann as Ben
 * Ben Hewlett as 	Keith Forbes
 * Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Gallant
 * Fred Kelsey as Decker
 * Harry Fenwick as Peyton
 * Chester Bishop as Bangs, a movie director
 * Max Asher as 	Wellabach, a movie producer

Preservation
With no prints of Lights Out located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.