Flaming Waters

1925 film

  • December 13, 1925 (1925-12-13)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Flaming Waters is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Malcolm McGregor, Pauline Garon, and Mary Carr.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] Danny O'Neil moves to Oil City with his mother, seeking to find Jasper Thorne, who swindled his mother. He gets the best of Thorne in an oil deal and buys a well that turns out to be a gusher, the spray from its overflow covering the area surrounding their ranch. A lamp thrown by Thorne ignites the oil. Danny's foolish friend Midge Botsford opens the gate on the reservoir, and a flaming flood results. Danny rescues his mother and Doris Laidlaw, and he wins the young woman's heart.

Cast

  • Malcolm McGregor as Danny O'Neil
  • Pauline Garon as Doris Laidlaw
  • Mary Carr as Mrs. Mary O'Neil
  • John Miljan as Jasper Thorne
  • John Gough as Midge Botsford
  • Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Rutherford
  • John Elliott as Justin Laidlaw
  • Tom McGuire as Officer McGrath
  • Michael D. Moore as Dan O'Neil as a boy

Preservation

  • A print is preserved in the Library of Congress archive.[3]

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 251
  2. ^ Pardy, George T. (January 30, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Flaming Waters", Motion Picture News, 33 (5), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 598, retrieved February 1, 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Flaming Waters

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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