Sleeping Fires

Sleeping Fires
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Directed by	Hugh Ford
Written by	Hugh Ford (scenario)
Story by	George Middleton
Produced by	Daniel Frohman
Starring	Pauline Frederick
Cinematography	Ned Van Buren
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 15, 1917 (1917-04-15)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Sleeping Fires was a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford, and starring Pauline Frederick. ^[1] The film is now considered lost. ^[2]

Cast

• Pauline Frederick as Zelma Bryce
• Maurice Steuart as The Little Fellow
• Helen Dahl as Helen King
• Thomas Meighan as David Gray
• Joseph W. Smiley as Joe Giles
• John St. Polis as Edwin Bryce

Censorship

Before Sleeping Fires could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of the love and breakfast scenes between Bryce and secretary, and to replace the intertitle "The new housekeeper," with "Several months later, through the influence of his money, Bryce has obtained a divorce and remarried." ^[3]

See also

• List of lost films

References

1. Katchmer, George A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. p. 646. ISBN   0-899-50494-9.
2. Greta de Groat. "Pauline Frederick: Sleeping Fires (1917)". stanford.edu. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
3. A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 7.

External links

• Sleeping Fires at IMDb