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The Guiding Light (1915)
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The Guiding Light (1915)

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The secluded life of sturdy young lighthouse-keeper Robert and his wife Anna is interrupted by a visit from a stranger, Harry Nelson, a sportsman and novelist in search of adventure. They give him a hearty welcome, and while Robert goes to...See moreThe secluded life of sturdy young lighthouse-keeper Robert and his wife Anna is interrupted by a visit from a stranger, Harry Nelson, a sportsman and novelist in search of adventure. They give him a hearty welcome, and while Robert goes to catch a mess of fish for dinner, Anna entertains the stranger with a tour of the lighthouse and the jagged cliffs surrounding it. In return Nelson tells Anna stories of his life in the city with all its gaiety and excitement. After a homely but tasteful meal enlivened by the stranger's conversation, the time for parting comes with regret to all concerned, and wishes for future meetings. Anna especially realizes that an event has happened in her lonely life as she watches Nelson go from her desolated island home. Some few days later the young husband is compelled to row to the mainland for provisions, and during his absence Nelson again visits the light-house, this time with the definite intention of spending a few hours in the company of the keeper's wife. Anna also expresses pleasure at seeing the gentlemanly sportsman again, and although her husband is absent, listens to his veiled lovemaking, until she is carried away with his promises of a life of enjoyment and travel in the world's amusement and recreation centers, and agrees to accompany him. As the trim little yacht pulls anchor Anna has a change of heart and begs her companion to take her back at least long enough to tend the guiding light until her husband returns, but this Nelson refuses to do. His refusal brings the erring wife to the realization of her mistake and without further words she risks her life in a daring swim to the rocky island growing faint in the distance. Staggering to the light she has hardly enough strength to light the lamp, but finally succeeds and as the powerful rays light up the treacherous reefs, she discovers her husband's dory driven by the white-capped sea to sure destruction. Gathering her remaining strength, the now-frantic Anna hurries to that part of the shore where her husband is fighting for life and arrives just in time to rescue him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Coxen Robert Temple - Lighthouse Keeper (as Ed Coxen) Robert Temple - Lighthouse Keeper (as Ed Coxen) See fewer	The Bells (1918)
Winifred Greenwood Anna Temple - Robert's Wife Anna Temple - Robert's Wife See fewer	The Mission Worker (1911)
George Field Harry Nelson Harry Nelson See fewer	Blood and Sand (1922)
John Steppling Actor Actor See fewer	The Reckless Age (1924)
Edith Borella Actress Actress See fewer	The Man Who Came Back (II) (1914)
Lonnie Moraga Boatman Boatman See fewer	The Guiding Light (1915)