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Bright Lights is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Robert Z. Leonard released in USA on 15 november 1925 with Charles Ray
Bright Lights (1925)
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Add to a movie listBright 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.
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Synopsis
Tom Corbin (Charles Ray) falls for Patsy (Pauline Starke), a Broadway dancer who comes home for a visit, who tries to emulate her big city friends.Actors
Charles Ray
(Tom Corbin)
Pauline Starke
(Patsy Delaney)
Lilyan Tashman
(Gwen Gould)
Ned Sparks
(Barney Gallagher)
Eugenie Besserer
(Patsy's Mother)
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