Burning the Candle

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Burning the Candle

Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Leslie T. White Harry Beaumont
Starring	Henry B. Walthall Mary Charleson Frances Raymond
Cinematography	Will E. Smith
Production company	Essanay Pictures
Distributed by	K-E-S-E Service
Release date	March 5, 1917 (1917-03-05)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Burning the Candle is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Henry B. Walthall, Mary Charleson and Frances Raymond.^[1]

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Cast

Henry B. Walthall as James Maxwell
Mary Charleson as Molly Carrington
Julien Barton as Judge Carrington
Frances Raymond as Mrs. Carrington
Thurlow Brewer as Alfred Lewis
Patrick Calhoun as Merrit Cole

References

↑ Langman p.389

Bibliography

Langman, Larry. American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.

External links

Burning the Candle at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Harry Beaumont
1910s	The Truant Soul (1916) Burning the Candle (1917) Filling His Own Shoes (1917) Skinner's Dress Suit (1917) Skinner's Bubble (1917) Skinner's Baby (1917) Thirty a Week (1918) Brown of Harvard (1918) Go West, Young Man (1918) A Man and His Money (1919) Heartsease (1919) One of the Finest (1919) Lord and Lady Algy (1919) The Gay Lord Quex (1919) The City of Comrades (1919) The Little Rowdy (1919) Toby's Bow (1919) A Wild Goose Chase (1919)
1920s	Going Some (1920) Dollars and Sense (1920) The Great Accident (1920) Officer 666 (1920) Stop Thief! (1920) June Madness (1922) Lights of the Desert (1922) Seeing's Believing (1922) Glass Houses (1922) The Five Dollar Baby (1922) They Like 'Em Rough (1922) Love in the Dark (1922) Very Truly Yours (1922) The Ragged Heiress (1922) The Gold Diggers (1923) Main Street (1923) A Noise in Newboro (1923) Crinoline and Romance (1923) Babbitt (1924) Don't Doubt Your Husband (1924) Beau Brummel (1924) The Lover of Camille (1924) A Lost Lady (1924) Recompense (1925) His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925) Womanpower (1926) Sandy (1926) One Increasing Purpose (1927) Forbidden Hours (1928) Our Dancing Daughters (1928) A Single Man (1929) The Broadway Melody (1929) Speedway (1929)
1930s	Lord Byron of Broadway (1930) Children of Pleasure (1930) The Florodora Girl (1930) Those Three French Girls (1930) The Great Lover (1931) Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) Laughing Sinners (1931) West of Broadway (1931) Are You Listening (1932) Unashamed (1932) Faithless (1932) Made on Broadway (1933) When Ladies Meet (1933) Should Ladies Behave (1933) Murder in the Private Car (1934) Enchanted April (1935) The Girl on the Front Page (1936) When's Your Birthday? (1937)
1940s	Maisie Goes to Reno (1944) Twice Blessed (1945) Up Goes Maisie (1946) The Show-Off (1946) Undercover Maisie (1947) Alias a Gentleman (1948)
Unfinished	Great Day (Unfinished)

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Burning the Candle

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Cast

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