| Lights Out | |
| Director: | Alfred Santell |
| Based On: | Lights Out by Paul Dickey and Mann Page |
| Starring: | Ruth Stonehouse Walter McGrail Theodore von Eltz |
| Cinematography: | William Marshall |
| Studio: | Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation |
| Runtime: | 70 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
Lights Out is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Ruth Stonehouse, Walter McGrail and Theodore von Eltz.[1] It is based on the 1922 play Lights Out by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, later adapted into the 1938 film Crashing Hollywood.[2] The remake was more light-hearted than the melodramatic tone of the original.
Two criminals encounter a screenwriter on a train and persuade him to create a screenplay about the criminal underworld. In an attempt to revenge themselves on one of their former associates, they negatively depict him in the work. After seeing the film he heads to the film studio seeking revenge.
With no prints of Lights Out located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]