We are introduced to some mentally ill people who are acting out. One is a depressed woman. The other is a man who exhibits violent behavior when he is bothered. Of course, there's only one response: lock them up. The man gets away and enters the house of a nurse. She has a piano that she plays. It seems that whenever the piano plays, he changes his violent behavior. Meanwhile the police are running in all directions to try to capture him. They look ridiculous. Apparently, Griffith just liked to get little slices of life on film. Not much here but an experiment. Although two big name stars were in evidence: Lionel Barrymore and Lillian Gish.
Review of The House of Darkness
