The False Alarm

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The False Alarm
Directed by Frank O'Connor
Written by Leah Baird
Starring
Cinematography Faxon M. Dean
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 20, 1926 (1926-09-20)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The False Alarm is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Dorothy Revier, and John Harron. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Fighting John Casey, a historic fire chief, has two sons of contrasting natures. The father's ambition is for Jim to follow in his footsteps, but the boy has an inborn fear of flames. On his the first fire he attends, he runs out, leaving his father in the burning building. Jim is dropped from the fire department and then ordered from the home. While working in a steel mill, he overcomes his fear of flames and then returns home to ask for another chance to make good. Meanwhile, his elder no account brother Tim has betrayed a young woman, Bessie Flannigan. He attacks her when she threatens to expose him and in the scuffle, a lamp is overturned. This fire is the first chance Jim has to prove that he has overcome his fear of fire, and he saves his brother and the young woman. The pair are married and Jim is gloriously reinstated in the fire department. Jim finds himself ready to marry Mary, a young woman who has been living with his parents.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The False Alarm located in any film archives, [4] it is a Lost film.

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References

  1. ↑ Munden p.227
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The False Alarm at silentera.com
  3. ↑ "The False Alarm". The Film Daily. New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. 38 (49): 13. November 28, 1926. Retrieved December 26, 2023.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The False Alarm

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