Tongues of Flame
| Tongues of Flame | |
|---|---|
Jesse Lasky | |
| Starring | Thomas Meighan Bessie Love |
| Cinematography | Faxon M. Dean[3] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes; 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Tongues of Flame is a 1924 American
Plot
The Native American Siwash people have been displaced from their land and live on a reservation. Wealthy Boland (Churchill) attempts to buy the reservation from the Siwash, who consult honest attorney Harrington (Meighan) for advice. Harrington looks into the contract and advises the Siwash to accept it. However, after the sale goes through, Boland drills for oil on the land, violating the contract. This angers Harrington, who exposes Boland's fraud. In retaliation, Boland has Harrington arrested on false charges.
A local court looks into the surveys associated with Boland's contracts, and returns all the Siwash native lands to them. Harrington is released from prison, and falls in love with the Siwash schoolteacher Lahleet (Love).[6][7][8][9]
Cast
- Thomas Meighan as Henry Harrington
- Bessie Love as Lahleet
- Eileen Percy as Billie Boland
- Berton Churchill as Boland
- John Miltern as Scanlon
- Leslie Stowe as Hornblower
- Nick Thompson as Adam John
- Jerry Devine as Mickey
- Kate Mayhew as Mrs. Vickers
- Cyril Ring as Clayton
- Chief Henry Red Eagle as Indian sergeant[6][10][11]
Production
The picture was filmed at Great Neck and Manhasset Bay on Long Island, New York.
Reception
The film received generally negative reviews,[7] although Bessie Love's performance was praised.[7]
Preservation
With no prints of Tongues of Flame located in any film archives,[12] it is a lost film.
See also
References
- OCLC 818810989.
- ^ "Casts of Current Photoplays". Photoplay Magazine. 1925. p. 120.
- OCLC 734075937.
- ^ "Tongues of Flame (1924)". American Film Institute.
- ^ Bennett, Carl (May 4, 2014). "Progressive Silent Film List: Tongues of Flame". silentera.com.
- ^ OCLC 664500075.
- ^ a b c "Tiresome Movie That Paramount Should Be Ashamed to Sell". Wid's Weekly. December 25, 1924. p. 10.
- ISBN 0-8108-1905-8.
- ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
- Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA. December 12, 1924. p. 113.
- ^ "What the Stars Are Doing". Motion Picture Magazine. Vol. 28, no. 11. December 1924. p. 99.
- ^ "American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Tongues of Flame". The Library of Congress. 1924.
External links
- Tongues of Flame at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Tongues of Flame at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Tongues of Flame at the TCM Movie Database
- Tongues of Flame at the better source needed]
- Posters and film stills
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