title: By the Light of the Moon (film)
text: # By the Light of the Moon (film)
  
  By the Light of the Moon is a 1911 American single-reel silent film directed and filmed by Edwin S. Porter. It was produced for the Rex Motion Picture Company. It is one of the earliest examples of silhouette animation.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The story is about a romance between a couple. The run into many obstacles to being together, including interruption by a tramp and disapproval of her parents. They decide to elope in a plane, and her father chases them below in his automobile. They reach the minister's house and elope before the father arrives.
  
  ## Production and release
  
  By the Light of the Moon was the company's third release. It revived a technique Porter had used in his 1908 film A Comedy in Black and White.
  
  