The Flaming Forties is a 1924 American silent Western film, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924–1925 as Producers Distributing Corporation vehicles for Harry Carey.[1][2][3] Carey was primarily known as a star of Westerns and only one of the seven films did not fit into that genre. Assigned as director was 31-year-old Tom Forman, who less than two years later, in November 1926, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
| The Flaming Forties | |
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| Directed by | Tom Forman |
| Written by | Elliott J. Clawson Harvey Gates |
| Based on | "Tennessee’s Pardner" by Bret Harte |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Starring | Harry Carey |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by | Robert De Lacey |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The film was based upon the 1869 Bret Harte story "Tennessee’s Pardner," which has also been filmed as Tennessee's Pardner (1916), The Golden Princess (1925), and Tennessee's Partner (1955).
Cast
edit- Harry Carey as Bill Jones
- William Norton Bailey as Desparde
- Jacqueline Gadsden as Sally
- James Mason as Jay Bird Charley
- Frank Norcross as Colonel Starbottle
- Wilbur Higby as the Sheriff
Preservation
editWith no prints of The Flaming Forties located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Flaming Forties". silentera.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "Harry Carey's New Western is Tale of Action" (Los Angeles Times, February 1, 1925, page 18)
- ^ "Britannia Theatre" (The Evening Post, June 23, 1927, page 6)
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Flaming Forties
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