Refining Fires

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Refining Fires
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Refining Fires 1915 movie poster
Directed by Tom Ricketts
Written by Elizabeth R. Carpenter
Starring Harry Van Meter
Charlotte Burton
Jean Durrell
Louise Lester
Jack Richardson
Vivian Rich
Distributed by Mutual Film
Release date
  • January 18, 1915 (1915-01-18)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Refining Fires is a 1915 American silent short drama film directed by Tom Ricketts. The story is about a man and a woman from different socioeconomic backgrounds who live together before marriage. The man and woman break up and the woman's life is changed forever.

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Background

The film was released on January 18, 1915 and stars Harry Van Meter, Charlotte Burton, Jean Durrell, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, and Vivian Rich. The film was directed by Tom Ricketts. [1]

Plot

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A man named John Alstrom hopes to inherit money from his uncle falls in love with a woman (Mary) of lower socioeconomic status. Alstrom convinces the woman to live with him until he can collect his inheritance and marry her. He does not initially marry her for fear that he will lose out on his inheritance because the woman has no money. After a short time the woman decides that John Alstrom is acting different so she leaves him. Mary eventually finds employment with a man named Judge Stone and she is hired as a companion to the Judge's daughter (Nina). Eventually John Alstrom comes into his inheritance and Nina finds him and falls in love with him. The two plan to marry. Mary wants to tell Nina the truth about John but changes her mind at the last minute. Mary leaves and becomes a nun. [2]

Cast

Reception

On February 15, 1915 The South Bend News-Times summarized the film as a two reel feature in which "A girl makes a mistake and suffers the consequences, but the lesson taught is a good one. It is a plain subject well handled." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Caward, Neil G. (23 January 1915). "Millionaire's Estate Used in American Film". Motography. XIII (4): 117, 118.
  2. ↑ American - Refining Fires. New York: The Moving Pictures World. 23 January 1915. p. 563. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "At the Colonial". No. 32. South Bend News-Times. 15 February 1915. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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