A Daughter of the Night (1916)
The child, about eight years of age, known as Sunbeam, is fathered by an old seaman in poor health. The home is the tenement slums of a big city. She sells papers or flowers, runs errands, etc., to help buy food and medicine for the home. A young and enthusiastic settlement worker meets her and begins to grow fond of the girl. By chance, she meets a gaudily-dressed young woman of the street, and the latter's sweetheart, a fast youth on the downward path. She unconsciously influences this young couple to lead better lives. The couple, having had a quarrel over jealousy and gambling, have wandered despondently to the river docks, intent upon suicide, each unaware of the other's purpose. They are saved from the attempt by Sunbeam, who suddenly meets them as she comes up the stairway from below the dock, where she has been sent by her foster-father to summon an old sea friend to his bedside. Sunbeam tells the young couple that her father is very ill, and they follow her to her home, where, after the arrival of the old sea friend, the father dies. The young couple ask the settlement worker if they may care for Sunbeam. The old sea friend is willing, but suddenly wants to know who they are and who will vouch for their respectability. The young couple hang their heads, as the old sea friend indignantly claims Sunbeam and takes her away to his curious old home under the docks. The young woman cries, and the youth comforts her; he whispers to her a proposal that they get married. The young settlement worker, understanding their mental distress, marries them and starts them along the straight road of life. Sunbeam dies some time later and the settlement worker tells the mourners that Sunbeam, perhaps, was sent as a Soul child to lead others to a better life.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Francis Powers | Director |
| Francis Powers | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William Lowery | |
| Agnes Vernon | |
| Doris Baker | |
| Frank MacQuarrie |
