The Eternal Flame (film)

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The Eternal Flame
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Directed by Frank Lloyd
Written by Frances Marion
Based onnovella La Duchesse de Langeais by Honoré de Balzac
Produced by Joseph Schenck
Norma Talmadge
Starring Norma Talmadge
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Distributed by Associated First National Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 1922 (1922-09-17)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Eternal Flame is a 1922 American silent adventure drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Norma Talmadge, Adolphe Menjou, and Wedgwood Nowell. [1] [2]

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Plot

Cast

Preservation status

Six of eight reels of The Eternal Flame are preserved in the Rohauer collection of the Library of Congress. [3] Reels 3 and 8 are missing. [4]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Eternal Flame Retrieved August 28, 2016
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Eternal Flame at silentera.com. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Eternal Flame Retrieved August 28, 2016
  4. Greta de Groat (Electronic Media Cataloger at Stanford University Libraries). "The Feature Films [sic] of Norma Talmadge".