Film

The Sunbeam

1916 · 50m · Drama

Big-hearted Prue, living in the slums, and Danny O'Maddigan, a reformed crook, want to buy a birthday cake for Prue's 75-year-old grandmother. They live across the hall from Ellen Rutherford, the destitute widow of Steven Rutherford, Jr., who was disinherited by his father, a wealthy candy manufacturer. Prue, who works at the candy factory, gives Ellen the money that was meant for her grandmother's cake so Ellen will be able to care for her son Bobby. Frustrated over the loss of the money, Danny steals the price of a cake from the factory's safe, leaving the safe's door open in his haste to depart.

Mabel Taliaferro

Prue Mason

Helen Alexandria

Ellen Rutherford

Raymond McKee

Danny O'Maddigan

Gerald Griffin

Stephen Rutherford

Maggie Breyer

Granny

Warner Anderson

Bobby Rutherford

Lillian Shaffner

Mrs. Helen Van Tuyl

Al Lee

Launcelot Van Tuyl

Louis Wolheim

Biff - the Brute

Eddie Redway

Ike - the Rat

Daniel Bertona

Hogan - the Mush

David Thompson

Stephen Rutherford, Jr.

• Edwin CareweDirector
• Shannon FifeWriter
• June MathisWriter

Release date

November 27, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama