Fighting the Flames (1925)
Horatio Manly Jr. (William Haines), the only son of Judge Horatio Manly (David Torrence), is disowned by his father for obstructing firemen during a hotel fire. He later redeems himself by rescuing a young woman, Alice Doran (Dorothy Devore) and a street urchin, Mickey (Frankie Darro) from a burning building...and capturing Mickey's wicked father Big Jim (Sheldon Lewis), an escaped convict.
- Date of release
- 1925-08-23
- Runtime
- 55m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Adventure
- Director
- B. Reeves Eason
Casting
- William Haines — Horatio Manly Jr
- Dorothy Devore — Alice Doran
- Frankie Darro — Mickey
- David Torrence — Judge Horatio Manly
- Sheldon Lewis — Big Jim
- William Welsh — Charlie Ryan
- Charles Murray — Pawnbroker
Interesting facts
Fighting the Flames is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason.
Production
During the filming of the scene where William Welsh goes into a burning building to rescue its occupants, a burning ceiling fell on top of him. He escaped serious injury after William Haines quickly lifted the ceiling off of him.
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