Sure Fire Flint

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Sure Fire Flint
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Directed by Dell Henderson
Written by Gerald C. Duffy
Ralph Spence
Based onshort story Sure Fire Flint by Gerald C. Duffy in Ace High Magazine 1922
Produced byMastodon Films
C.C. Burr
Starring Johnny Hines
Robert Edeson
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Charles Gibson
Neil Sullivan
Release date
  • August 25, 1922 (1922-08-25)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Sure Fire Flint is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Dell Henderson and starring Johnny Hines. [1] [2]

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Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Sure Fire Flint located in any film archives, [3] it is considered a lost film.

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References

  1. "Sure-Fire Flint". Silent Era. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  2. "Sure Fire Flint (1922)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  3. "Sure Fire Flint / Dell Henderson [Motion Picture]". The Library of Congress . 2017. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.