Bright Lights is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The film is based on the story "A Little Bit of Broadway" by Richard Connell, and stars Charles Ray, who achieved stardom by playing ingenious country boys.Progressive Silent Film List: Bright Lights at silentera.com
Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Pauline is a chorus girl who is cynical toward all men. Visiting her home town she meets Tom and kids him along, but soon finds he is different and falls in love with him. He sees her with a city chap and misunderstanding, tries to make himself the kind of man he thinks she likes. The result is that he overdoes it and so disappoints her that she turns him down. Her friend puts him wise, he becomes his real whole-souled honest self once more and wins her.
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Censorship Before Bright Lights could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the elimination of a close view of a woman's legs.
Preservation With no prints of Bright Lights located in any film archives, it is a lost film.Bright Lights at Lost Film File: MGM 1925 A vintage movie trailer displaying short clips of the film still exists.
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Still at www.shutterstock.com