The Undying Flame

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The Undying Flame
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Film poster
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Emma Bell Clifton (story)
Charles E. Whittaker (scenario)
Produced by Jesse L. Lasky
Starring Olga Petrova
Cinematography John van den Broek
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 24, 1917 (1917-05-24)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)
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Newspaper advertisement.

The Undying Flame is a lost [1] 1917 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur, produced by Jesse Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. This movie starred Olga Petrova, an English-born actress who became popular in silents playing vamps. [2]

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Cast

Censorship

Before The Undying Flame could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the elimination of the scene where the Princess' favorite maid is thrown to alligators, and all other scenes of alligators. [3]

See also

References

  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Undying Flame(Wayback Machine)
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. A Complete list of motion picture films. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant. 1917. p. 8.