A two-reel number, written by Marc Edmund Jones, which runs in an entertaining and generally pleasing way. It is the story of a young musical genius whose eyesight is threatened by the strain of late hours. He goes to the country, where he meets the girl.... On his return to the city the hero's eyesight begins failing; he hastens back to the girl to see her once more before he completely loses his sight. The remainder of the story is ... his successful composition and subsequent fame, the discovery of glasses which restore his vision by an ultra ray, and then the final return of the couple to the hills. (See Moving Picture World, 10/13/1914, page 642.)
This film is part three of a series of at least 4 film shorts: In the Firelight, In the Moonlight, Daylight, and In the Candlelight. [Moving Picture World, Vol. 22, No. 4, 10/24/1914, page 513]. The film has been listed in various sources under two names: "Daylight" and "In the Daylight." The International Film Index, Vol. I, published in 1991, lists it under both titles (pages 188 and 396). An article and an advertisement in The Morning Press, 11/3/1914, list it as "Daylight." Moving Picture World lists it as "In the Daylight" in Vol. 22, No. 3, 10/17/1914, on pages 402 and 416; Vol. 22, No. 4, 10/24/1914, page 566; and 11/3/1914. Moving Picture World also lists it as "Daylight" in Vol. 22, No. 3, 10/17/1914 on page 366. Shot on location at Sycamore canyon.