Live Sparks (1920)
A High Voltage Comedy Drama Charged With Thrills, Fun and Romance
Wealthy wastrel Neil Sparks devotes more attention to the pursuit of pleasure than to his inherited oil business. Neil's neglect allows two schemers, Craig and Abbott, to siphon the Sparks' Texas oil through the construction of an illegal pipeline. Upon receiving notification that his wells are running dry, and in an attempt to rid himself of the unwelcome attentions of his mercenary fiancée, Bess Kinloch, Neil ventures West to investigate, using an assumed name. Discovering the theft, Neil sends for his butler, and the two of them force the crooks to buy a parcel of land and deed the property to Myrtle Pratt, whose father had been swindled and murdered by the scoundrels. Justice served, Neil returns East to be followed by Myrtle and her five brothers, who arrive during his engagement party to Bess. Neil shocks his guests by announcing that the children are his, and he and Myrtle wed.
- Date of release
- 1920-01-18
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Director
- Ernest C. Warde
Casting
- J. Warren Kerrigan — Neil Sparks
- Mae Talbot — Aunt Helen
- Roy Laidlaw — Hiram Craig
- Fritzi Brunette — Myrtle Pratt
- Clyde Benson — William Carpenter
- Beth Ivins — Bess Kinloch
- Zelma Maja — Phyllis Gwynne
- John Steppling — Jacob Abbott
- Arthur Millett — Henry Lavigne
- Joseph J. Dowling — David Pratt
- Mary Jane Irving
- Joe Rotell
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