The Light That Failed is a 1923 American silent drama film that was directed by George Melford and written by Jack Cunningham and F. McGrew Willis based on the 1891 novelette of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.

The film stars Jacqueline Logan, Percy Marmont, David Torrence, Sigrid Holmquist, Mabel Van Buren, Luke Cosgrave, and Peggy Schaffer.

[3] It was remade in 1939 as a sound film The Light That Failed starring Ronald Colman.

As described in a film magazine review,[4] artist Dick Heldar returns to London from the Sudan and wins fame through his war sketches.

Later, Bessie relents and brings the two lovers back together again just as Dick's friend Topenhow leaves for the front during World War I.