She came for the spotlight, stayed for the lesson—1923's savage takedown of showbiz predators.
An innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of a ruthless Broadway producer. At first she's dazzled by the producer's surface charm as well as those bright lights the title refers to, but eventually gets a dose of reality
Acting
Lowell Sherman's predator charm—Hollywood's prototype sleazeball.
Production
Authentic 1923 Broadway locations, not backlot fakery.
Director
Webster Campbell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood could be brutally frank about sexual exploitation—this got buried by the Hays Code for decades.
Doris Kenyon was a major star who largely vanished from film history; this is one of her few surviving features.
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