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The Light That Failed (1939)

APPROVED 97 min  -  Drama  -   24 December 1939 (USA)
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Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him.

Writers:

Robert Carson, Rudyard Kipling (novel)
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Cast

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Ronald Colman ...
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Muriel Angelus Muriel Angelus ...
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Ernest Cossart Ernest Cossart ...
Beeton
Ferike Boros Ferike Boros ...
Pedro de Cordoba Pedro de Cordoba ...
Colin Tapley Colin Tapley ...
Gardner
Ronald Sinclair ...
Dick as a boy
Sarita Wooton Sarita Wooton ...
Halliwell Hobbes Halliwell Hobbes ...
Doctor
Charles Irwin Charles Irwin ...
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Francis McDonald Francis McDonald ...
George
George Regas George Regas ...
Cassavetti
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Storyline

Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him. Written by John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>  

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Rudyard Kipling's great romance of Dick Heldar, artist, adventurer, gentleman unafraid, gloriously re-created by the world's most distinguished cast! See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Luz Que Se Apaga See more »

Filming Locations:

Espanola, New Mexico, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. See more »

Quotes

Dick Heldar: Painting is seeing, then remembering better than you saw.
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Connections

Edited into Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (1942) See more »