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When the Light Came In (1915)
Short | Drama, Short

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When the Light Came In (1915)

Short | Drama, Short

Tom and Julia's engagement meets with everyone's approval. Julia and her mother prepare the simple trousseau and later her mother dies. It is the first shadow, and plunges Julia into deep gloom. Even Tom's return from his business trip ...See moreTom and Julia's engagement meets with everyone's approval. Julia and her mother prepare the simple trousseau and later her mother dies. It is the first shadow, and plunges Julia into deep gloom. Even Tom's return from his business trip fails to brighten her, and their wedding is postponed for a year. In contrast to Julia's sadness is her friend May's girlish gaiety. May tries to coax Julia out into the sunlight and enjoy the awakening of spring, but Julia refuses to leave the house. Once again the wedding day of Tom and Julia approaches, but Tom realizes suddenly that it is May he loves and must marry. May says that they must part forever; Tom is honor-bound to marry Julia. Julia quietly, soberly prepares for the wedding. Her sadness irritates Tom, and May's winsomeness fills his mind. Once at Julia's, Tom comes upon May kissing his photograph and fighting back her tears. He impulsively embraces her and lets her cry herself out in his arms. Julia enters. Explanations are forthcoming and Julia upbraids them for not telling her of their love. She sends them away to seek their own happiness. In her room Julia breaks down. She draws the shades and falls on her bed. Grief has stupefied her. Tom and May marry. From her home across the street Julia watches through the shutters. The happiness she sees is too much. Julia orders her servant to close every blind in her house; light has gone from her life for all time. Greater happiness comes to Tom and May. Their baby is their greatest joy. Julia, in the dark house, sees all, and her misery increases. Then Tom dies. Julia is both exultant and sorrowful. Day by day May droops. Julia gloats over May's grief. One morning when the boy tries to wake his mother she does not answer. Small as he is, the little fellow knows that help must be obtained. After getting no response to his knocks on neighboring doors, the child crosses the street and taps at Julia's door. The child silently grasps her hand and draws her out. Julia allows the boy to lead her into May's home, and she discovers her dead rival. The neighbors decide that the boy must be sent to an orphanage. One woman asks Julia if she will care for him that night. She agrees, and when morning comes and the little fellow opens the shutters to let in the light, Julia, who has begun to recognize the outside world, refuses to part with the boy when the neighbors come to take him away. The change in her nature was brought about by the loving embraces of the child, who permitted the light to come in. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Ethel Clayton Julia Julia See fewer	Pettigrew's Girl (1919)
Joseph Kaufman Tom Tom See fewer	A Woman Went Forth (1915)
Justina Huff May May See fewer	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
Jack McCloskey Tom and May's Little Boy Tom and May's Little Boy See fewer	The Shanghaied Baby (1915)
Mrs. Nagel Julia's Mother Julia's Mother See fewer	When the Light Came In (1915)