# Light of India

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{{short description|1929 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Light of India
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| director       = [Elmer Clifton](/source/Elmer_Clifton)
| producer       = [Herbert T. Kalmus](/source/Herbert_Kalmus)
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| starring       = Betty Boyd<br/>Shogwan Singh<br/>Harold Goodwin
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| studio         = [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)<br/>[Technicolor Corporation](/source/Technicolor_Corporation)
| distributor    = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released       = {{film date|1929|3|9|ref1=<ref name=dawn>{{cite book|last=Layton|first=James|first2=David|last2=Pierce|title=The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935|publisher=George Eastman House|year=2015|page=345|location=Rochester, New York|isbn=9780935398281|oclc=893557706}}</ref>}}
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| country        = United States
| language       = Silent<br/>English Intertitles
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'''''Light of India''''' is a 1929 [MGM](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) short [silent](/source/silent_film) film short in two-color [Technicolor](/source/Technicolor). It was the tenth film produced as part of [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)'s "Great Events" series.

==Production==
The film was shot at the Tec-Art Studio in Hollywood. Director [Elmer Clifton](/source/Elmer_Clifton) was paid $1000.00 for his work on this film and earlier series entry ''[Manchu Love](/source/Manchu_Love)''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2005|page=38|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=9780810850163|oclc=474654178|chapter=The "Great Events" Series}}</ref>

==Preservation status==
''Light of India'' is believed to be lost.<ref name=dawn />

==References==
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==External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1051346|Light of India}}

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Category:1929 films
Category:1929 lost films
Category:1929 American films
Category:1929 English-language films
Category:English-language short films
Category:Films directed by Elmer Clifton
Category:Films set in India
Category:Films set in the 1850s
Category:Lost American silent short films
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
Category:Silent films in color

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