''The Shining Adventure'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and Ben Alexander.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a philanthropic but not very practical woman is admired by a rugged doctor who in serving the poor finds in a tenement house the sister of the philanthropist. She is in poor mental and physical health and her baby son is not properly cared for. The doctor gives the child into the rich woman’s care and the mother disappears. The rich woman neglects the child, and finally it wanders to the neighborhood of its old home. The boy’s mother, who is now definitely demented, finds him, and loses him again, the last time by death. Then she reveals her identity to her sister. Conscience stricken, the rich woman promises to make amends.

Cast

Preservation

A complete print of ''The Shining Adventure'' exists at the

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Shining Adventure''
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References

External links

* 1925 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hugo Ballin 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-US-film-stub