''Some Good in All'' or ''A Thief in the Night'' is a 1911 American

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

silent

black and white Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings. Media The history of various visual media began with black and white, ...

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

directed by

Maurice Costello Maurice George Costello (February 22, 1877 – October 29, 1950) was a prominent American vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s who later played a principal role in early American films as leading man, supporting player, and director ...

and

Robert Gaillard Robert Gaillard (November 14, 1868 – September 24, 1941) was an American male actor who appeared on stage and in film. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.Gmür p.154 Selected filmography Actor * ''Cardinal Wolsey'' (1912 ...

and starring

Dolores Costello Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903Costello's obituary in ''The New York Times'' says that she was born on September 17, 1905. – March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. ...

Plot

A wealthy widowed businessman and his seven year old daughter Betty live in a massive house, but he has an enemy who threatens to throw him in prison via forged documents. The story begins with John Lane receiving a letter from Ben Hartley, who demands to be paid $10,000 by midnight. Lane doesn't have the amount on hand and has no way of getting it, and so he chooses to commit suicide. Just as he's about to pull the trigger, a burglar breaks into the house and stops him. The burglar enters the little girl's bedroom, and her sweet sleeping form awakens his kinder nature. He returns to Lane's room and convinces him to stay alive for his daughter, who is undisturbed. Lane pulls out the letter to the burglar, named Bill, and explains his situation, just as Ben Hartley rings the doorbell. Bill tells Lane that he will deal with Ben Hartley, and Lane lets him into the library. Bill reveals himself and holds them both up, forces them into a closet, and steals Ben's wallet that contains the blackmail material. Lane is given the papers, which he destroys and then orders Hartley to leave. Little Betty is woken by the noise, and rushes downstairs where she is embraced by her father, as Bill the burglar looks on through the window.

Cast

as Bill - a Providential Thief *

Van Dyke Brooke Van Dyke Brooke, ''né'' Stewart McKerrow (22 June 1859–17 September 1921) was an early American actor, screenwriter and film director, whose works include ''The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln'' (1908) and ''Lights of New Yo ...

as Ben Hartley - a Blackmailer *

as John Lane *

as Betty Lane - John's Daughter

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0343015 1911 drama films 1911 films Silent American drama short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Maurice Costello Films directed by Robert Gaillard Films about businesspeople Vitagraph Studios short films General Film Company 1910s American films 1911 short films