The Shining Adventure

The Shining Adventure is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugo Ballin and starring Percy Marmont, Mabel Ballin, and Ben Alexander.^[1][2]

The Shining Adventure
Directed by	Hugo Ballin
Written by	Laurence Trimble
Based on	The Shining Adventure by Dana Burnet
Starring	Percy Marmont Mabel Ballin Ben Alexander
Cinematography	James Diamond
Production company	Madeline Brandeis Productions
Distributed by	Astor Pictures
Release date	August 7, 1925 (1925-08-07)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] 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

• Percy Marmont as Dr. Hugo McLean
• Mabel Ballin as Mary
• Ben Alexander as Benny
• Wayne Lamont as Franklin Tribbit
• Mary Jane Irving as Lamey
• Carmencita Johnson as Baby
• Toby Wing as Little Girl
• Miriam Battista as Little Girl

Preservation

A complete print of The Shining Adventure exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archive in Los Angeles.^[4]