The FlashlightMovie
Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger -- when the trigger is stepped on by a passing animal, a flash goes off and the camera shoots the picture. Lane goes up to the mountains to try out his new contraption. When a recluse refuses to let him spend the night in his cabin, Lane goes to sleep out of doors, with the camera set up near by. In the middle of the night, he is awakened by the flash and the sound of gunshots. Trekking back to his own cabin the next day, he develops the picture, which is of a girl holding a rifle. He returns to the recluse's cabin where he is arrested for murder.
About The Flashlight
The Flashlight is a 1917 mystery movie directed by Ida May Park.
The production information lists a runtime of 50m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, Lon Chaney, Alfred Allen. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
