The Sacred Flame (1929 film)
The Sacred Flame | |
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Directed by | Archie Mayo |
Written by | Harvey F. Thew |
Based on | The Sacred Flame by Somerset Maugham |
Starring | Pauline Frederick Conrad Nagel Lila Lee William Courtenay |
Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Edited by | |
Production company | Warner Bros. |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | November 24, 1929 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Sacred Flame is a 1929 film directed by Archie Mayo, starring Pauline Frederick and Conrad Nagel, and based on a 1928 Broadway play of the same title by Somerset Maugham.[1] It is now considered a lost film.[2] Two years later Warner Brothers remade the film in German The Sacred Flame. In 1935 a second remake The Right to Live was made starring Colin Clive and George Brent.
Synopsis[]
Maurice Taylor a former Royal Flying Corps officer, veteran of World War I, marries Stella shortly before a plane crash that leaves him disabled. When his brother Colin arrives in England, she strikes up a close bond with him. Torn between her duty to her husband and her wish to start a new life abroad with his brother, Stella falls under suspicion of murder when her stricken husband dies.
Cast[]
- Pauline Frederick as Mrs. Taylor
- Conrad Nagel as Colonel Maurice Taylor
- Lila Lee as Stella Taylor
- William Courtenay as Major Laconda
- Walter Byron as Colin Taylor
- Dale Fuller as Nurse Wayland
- Alec B. Francis as Doctor Harvester
References[]
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Sacred Flame
- ^ "The Films of Pauline Frederick". Greta de Groat, Metadata Librarian for Electronic and Visual Resources, Stanford University. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links[]
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