Sleeping Fires

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Sleeping Fires
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Directed by Hugh Ford
Written byHugh Ford (scenario)
Story by George Middleton
Produced by Daniel Frohman
Starring Pauline Frederick
Cinematography Ned Van Buren
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 15, 1917 (1917-04-15)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited 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]

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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.