The Fire Brigade

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The Fire Brigade
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Directed by William Nigh
Written by Robert N. Lee (adaptation)
Lotta Woods (titles)
Story by Kate Corbaley
Starring May McAvoy
Charles Ray
Cinematography John Arnold
Edited by Harry L. Decker
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 20, 1926 (1926-12-20)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$249,556 [1]

The Fire Brigade (also known as Fire!) is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh. [2] The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray. [3] The Fire Brigade originally contained sequences shot in two-color Technicolor. A print of the film is preserved in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists archives. [4]

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The Fire Brigade ad in Exhibitors Herald, 1926 The Fire Brigade ad in Exhibitor's Herald The Independent Film Trade Paper (weekly, September 18, 1926 to December 11, 1926) - Internet Archive - exhibitorsherald27unse (page 1384 crop).jpg
The Fire Brigade ad in Exhibitors Herald , 1926

The producers of the film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers. [5]

Plot

Terry O'Neil (Charles Ray) is the youngest of a group of Irish-American firefighting brothers. He courts Helen Corwin (May McAvoy), the daughter of a politician whose crooked building contracts resulted in devastating blazes.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schatz, Thomas (1988). The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era. Pantheon Books. p. 41. ISBN   0-394-53979-6.
  2. ↑ Klepper, Robert K. (1999). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland. p. 452. ISBN   0-786-40595-3.
  3. ↑ Butler, Ivan (1988). Silent Magic: Rediscovering The Silent Film Era. Ungar. p. 133. ISBN   0-804-42078-5.
  4. ↑ The Fire Brigade SilentEra database
  5. ↑ Movie review, The New York Times
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