| Fighting the Flames | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | B. Reeves Eason |
| Story by | Douglas Z. Doty |
| Starring | William Haines Dorothy Devore Frankie Darro |
| Cinematography | Dewey Wrigley |
| Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Fighting the Flames is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. [1]
As described in a film magazine and newspaper reviews, [1] [2] [3] Horatio Manly, the dissolute son of Judge Manly, is rescued drunk from a burning hotel and is arrested. His father disowns him and forbids him from coming home until he can make a man of himself. Horatio makes friends with Mickey, the small son of a pick-pocket named Blacky. The child prevails on Manly to quit drinking alcoholic liquor and become a fireman. Horatio also becomes friendly with Alice Doran, a dressmaker who lives in the upper part of the house where he and Mickey live. Blacky has been doing time, and, when he is released, he tries to make Mickey become a crook. In a struggle with the boy and Alice, Blacky starts a fire in the building that is home for the other three. Manly’s company answers the alarm and Manly rescues Alice and the boy. Blacky is killed and young Manly and his father are reconciled as a result of his heroism.
During the filming of the scene where William Welsh goes into a burning building to rescue its occupants, a burning ceiling fell on top of him. He escaped serious injury after William Haines quickly lifted the ceiling off of him. [4]
A mostly complete copy, with the end of the final reel missing, is held at the Library of Congress. [5]
Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), registered as FBO Pictures Corp., was an American film studio of the silent era, a midsize producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began in 1918 as Robertson-Cole, an Anglo-American import-export company. Robertson-Cole began distributing films in the United States that December and opened a Los Angeles production facility in 1920. Late that year, R-C entered into a working relationship with East Coast financier Joseph P. Kennedy. A business reorganization in 1922 led to its assumption of the FBO name, first for all its distribution operations and ultimately for its own productions as well. Through Kennedy, the studio contracted with Western leading man Fred Thomson, who grew by 1925 into one of Hollywood's most popular stars. Thomson was just one of several silent screen cowboys with whom FBO became identified.
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