The Hidden Light

Story

Synopsis

After screams from a beautiful house draw neighbors and the police, Victor Bailey is shot and wounded while leaving the premises. Investigation reveals that an unknown assailant attacked Cynthia Holmes, a blind musician, and her secretary, killing the latter. Despite Cynthia's objections, Bailey, who claims to have been investigating the scream, is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death. To keep Cynthia's mind occupied, her friends persuade her to give a benefit recital at the house; there, she shakes hands with music critic Harry Warren, whom she instantly accuses of the murder, having recognized his touch. Warren escapes but is pursued by Detective Hayden, who tricks him into a confession. Bailey is freed and marries Cynthia, and the birth of their first child restores her sight.

Director

Abraham S. Schomer

Writers

Abraham S. Schomer

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

22 November 1920

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Dolores Cassinelli

  Cynthia Holmes

• 

  John E. Brennan

  Robert Holmes

• 

  Arthur Donaldson

  Detective Hayden

• 

  Ben Taggart

  Victor Bailey

• Walter Downing

  Jerome Clemens

• Henry Sedley

  Harry Warren

• 

  Gladys Valerie