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Adapted from the Creator/RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about English artist Dick Hedler (Colman), who receives a wound to the head while saving the life of a friend during UsefulNotes/TheRiverWar in Sudan. After the war, Hedler knocks about in foreign lands practicing his craft when Torpenhow (Huston), the friend he saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and begins neglecting his artistic vision.

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Adapted [[TheFilmOfTheBook Adapted]] from the Creator/RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about English artist Dick Hedler (Colman), who receives a wound to the head while saving the life of a friend during UsefulNotes/TheRiverWar in Sudan. After the war, Hedler knocks about in foreign lands practicing his craft when Torpenhow (Huston), the friend he saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and begins neglecting his artistic vision.
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Adapted from the Creator/RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, Dick Hedler, a war correspondent in Sudan. After the war, he knocks about in foreign lands practicing his craft when Torpenhow (Huston), the friend who Hedler saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and begins neglecting his artistic vision.

Tragedy strikes when he’s diagnosed with decaying optical nerves: blindness is the permanent result. Determined to make his masterpiece, he finds Bessie (Lupino), a floozy Cockney girl, and paints her portrait.

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Adapted from the Creator/RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, artist Dick Hedler, Hedler (Colman), who receives a war correspondent wound to the head while saving the life of a friend during UsefulNotes/TheRiverWar in Sudan. After the war, he Hedler knocks about in foreign lands practicing his craft when Torpenhow (Huston), the friend who Hedler he saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and begins neglecting his artistic vision.

Tragedy strikes when he’s he's diagnosed with decaying optical nerves: nerves as a result of his war injury. Facing unavoidable permanent blindness is the permanent result. Determined and determined to make his masterpiece, he finds Bessie (Lupino), a floozy Cockney girl, and paints her portrait.
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''The Light that Failed'' (1939) is a melodrama directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Creator/WalterHuston, Muriel Angelus, and Creator/IdaLupino.

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''The Light that Failed'' (1939) is a melodrama 1939 {{melodrama}} film directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Creator/WalterHuston, Muriel Angelus, and Creator/IdaLupino.


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* GiftedlyBad: Maise’s artwork definitely needs more practice and patience.

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* GiftedlyBad: Maise’s Maisie’s artwork definitely needs more practice and patience.



* LowerClassLout: Bessie to a T.



* LowerClassLout: Bessie to a T.
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Not to be confused with the ''Series/{{MASH}}'' [[Recap/MashS6E6TheLightThatFailed episode of the same name]].
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* BolivianArmyEnding: The cavalry is outnumbered by the enemy, but Hedler joins them (while blind) to fight until the death. It’s exactly the way he wanted to die.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Hedler signs back up as a correspondent for another war (while “blind”) and somehow gets into the cavalry. He knowingly goes into a suicidal mission, dying in the process. But he died doing what he loved and without any of his conceited pretensions about him.

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* BolivianArmyEnding: The cavalry is outnumbered by the enemy, but Hedler joins them (while blind) to fight until the death. It’s exactly the way he wanted to die.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Hedler signs back up as a correspondent for another war (while “blind”) ''blind'') and somehow gets into the cavalry. He knowingly goes into a suicidal mission, dying in the process. But he died doing what he loved and without any of his conceited pretensions about him.
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* LowerClassLout: Bessie to a T.
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Adapted from the RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, Dick Hedler, a war correspondent in Sudan. After the war, he knocks about in foreign lands practicing his craft when Torpenhow (Huston), the friend who Hedler saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and begins neglecting his artistic vision.

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Adapted from the RudyardKipling Creator/RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, Dick Hedler, a war correspondent in Sudan. After the war, he knocks about in foreign lands practicing his craft when Torpenhow (Huston), the friend who Hedler saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and begins neglecting his artistic vision.

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Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, Dick Hedler, who witnessed the war in Sudan as a correspondent alongside his friend, Torpenhow (Huston). Back in London, Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, is a struggling artist and rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Hedler’s realistic depicts of war makes him rise in prominence and gain quite the big head. But tragedy strikes when he’s diagnosed with decaying optical nerves, blindness is a permanent result. Determined to make his masterpiece, he finds Bessie (Lupino), a floozy Cockney girl, and paints her portrait.

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Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling RudyardKipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, Dick Hedler, who witnessed the a war in Sudan as a correspondent alongside in Sudan. After the war, he knocks about in foreign lands practicing his friend, craft when Torpenhow (Huston). (Huston), the friend who Hedler saved during the war, invites him back to England because his paintings have become a sensation. Back in London, Hedler meets with Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, who is a struggling artist and painfully rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Hedler’s realistic depicts of war makes him rise in prominence Saddened but still determined to continue his success, Hedler turns conceited and gain quite the big head. But tragedy begins neglecting his artistic vision.

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strikes when he’s diagnosed with decaying optical nerves, nerves: blindness is a the permanent result. Determined to make his masterpiece, he finds Bessie (Lupino), a floozy Cockney girl, and paints her portrait.


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* TheAlcoholic: Once he's diagnosed with his oncoming blindness, Hedler finds out that his eyes focus better when he drinks so he gets very drunk when he's painting Bessie's portrait.
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* HetereoSexualLifePartners: Torpenhow and Hedler.

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* HetereoSexualLifePartners: HeterosexualLifePartners: Torpenhow and Hedler.
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* HetereosexualLifePartners: Torpenhow and Hedler.
* GiftlyBad: Maise’s artwork definitely needs more practice and patience.

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* HetereosexualLifePartners: HetereoSexualLifePartners: Torpenhow and Hedler.
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[[caption-width-right:350:She's just as crazy as her portrait!]]
''The Light that Failed'' (1939) is a melodrama directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman, starring Creator/RonaldColman, Creator/WalterHuston, Muriel Angelus, and Creator/IdaLupino.

Adapted from the Rudyard Kipling novel of the same name, the story is about an English artist, Dick Hedler, who witnessed the war in Sudan as a correspondent alongside his friend, Torpenhow (Huston). Back in London, Maisie (Angelus), an old childhood sweetheart, is a struggling artist and rejects Hedler’s offer of marriage. Hedler’s realistic depicts of war makes him rise in prominence and gain quite the big head. But tragedy strikes when he’s diagnosed with decaying optical nerves, blindness is a permanent result. Determined to make his masterpiece, he finds Bessie (Lupino), a floozy Cockney girl, and paints her portrait.
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*BolivianArmyEnding: The cavalry is outnumbered by the enemy, but Hedler joins them (while blind) to fight until the death. It’s exactly the way he wanted to die.
*DeathEqualsRedemption: Hedler signs back up as a correspondent for another war (while “blind”) and somehow gets into the cavalry. He knowingly goes into a suicidal mission, dying in the process. But he died doing what he loved and without any of his conceited pretensions about him.
*HetereosexualLifePartners: Torpenhow and Hedler.
*GiftlyBad: Maise’s artwork definitely needs more practice and patience.
*LastNameBasis: We never learn Torpenhow’s first name.
*LoyalAnimalCompanion: Binkie, Torpenhow’s terrier that takes a liking to Hedler.
*MadArtist: Hedler when he’s painting the last portrait of Bessie. He locks her in his apartment and forces her to laugh (for the painting) for hours on end to get it perfect.
*OurHeroIsDead: The film ends with Hedler’s death and Torpenhow musing how it was the best way for him to go.
*SmallNameBigEgo: All the praise for his work makes Hedler become rather conceited.
*StarvingArtist: Maisie. It’s probably her own fault though: when she asks for advice from Dick, --he’s more than willing to give her some--she immediately rejects it because it wouldn’t be her own. Mind you, it’s simple advice that any artist could do with: learning how to draw well in the first place.
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