The Sacred Flame (1929 film)

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The Sacred Flame
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Directed by Archie Mayo
Written by Harvey F. Thew
De Leon Anthony
Based on The Sacred Flame by Somerset Maugham
Starring Pauline Frederick
Conrad Nagel
Lila Lee
William Courtenay
Cinematography James Van Trees
Edited byJames Gibbon
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • November 24, 1929 (1929-11-24)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Sacred Flame is a 1929 sound (All-Talking) film directed by Archie Mayo, starring Pauline Frederick and Conrad Nagel, and based on a 1928 Broadway play of the same title by Somerset Maugham. [1] It is now considered a lost film. [2] Two years later Warner Brothers remade the film in German The Sacred Flame . In 1935, a second remake The Right to Live , was made, starring Colin Clive and George Brent.

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Plot

Maurice Taylor a former Royal Flying Corps officer, veteran of World War I, marries Stella shortly before a plane crash that leaves him disabled. When his brother Colin arrives in England, she strikes up a close bond with him. Torn between her duty to her husband and her wish to start a new life abroad with his brother, Stella falls under suspicion of murder when her stricken husband dies.

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Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "The Sacred Flame" which was composed by Grant Clarke and Harry Akst. Conrad Nagel sings the song in the film. The song is played frequently as background music by the Vitaphone orchestra throughout the film.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Sacred Flame
  2. ↑ "The Films of Pauline Frederick". Greta de Groat, Metadata Librarian for Electronic and Visual Resources, Stanford University. Retrieved May 8, 2016.

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