Flowing Gold | |
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Directed by | Joseph De Grasse |
Written by | Richard Walton Tully |
Based on | Flowing Gold 1922 novel by Rex Beach |
Starring | Anna Q. Nilsson Milton Sills Alice Calhoun |
Cinematography | Roy Carpenter Gilbert Warrenton |
Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
Production company | Richard Walton Tully Productions |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Flowing Gold is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, and Alice Calhoun. The film's plot concerns the Texas oil industry. [1]
As described in a film magazine review, [2] ex-soldier Calvin Gray arrives in the Texas oil fields and meets the newly rich Briskow family. He soon becomes involved in a medley of adventures, including saving the Briscows from business ruin, rescuing the son Buddy from a foolish marriage, revenging himself on a perjured officer who had caused his dismissal from military service, and winning the love of Allegheny Briskow. When a downpour causes a flood with burning oil floating on the waters, and lightning hitting a gusher well, Allegheny is able to rescue her sweetheart.
A print of Flowing Gold was discovered in the Czech Film Archive, [3] and in 2020 the National Film Preservation Foundation issued a grant to the San Francisco Silent Film Festival for the restoration of the film. [4]
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