Flames of Passion (1923)

A lumber camp melodrama: a corrupt lumber mill owner is pitted against a dashing, heroic foreman (Larkin) and a stunning, helpless heroine.

Director:

Harry Moody (as H.G. Moody)

Writer:

George Hively

Stars:

Frank Whitson, Al Ferguson, George Larkin

Cast

Cast overview:
Frank Whitson	...	John Markham
Al Ferguson	...	Lew Harkness
George Larkin	...	Grant Whitney
Frank Whitlock	...	Brute Turner
Laura Anson	...	Alys Markham
Ruth Stonehouse	...	Jimmie Turner
Karl Silvera	...	Victor Lonsdale

Storyline

A lumber camp melodrama: a corrupt lumber mill owner is pitted against a dashing, heroic foreman (Larkin) and a stunning, helpless heroine.

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Plot Keywords:

melodrama | northwest | 

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 1923 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Oregon, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Premium Picture Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

39 min (surviving footage)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first reel is missing from the presently marketed Grapevine DVD version.

User Reviews

Keep Open Flames Away from Those Logs

This logging camp melodrama looks like it was either edited from a serial or perhaps a couple of reels from the start are missing. It stars George Larkin, who got his boost a decade earlier doing stunt-filled serials, and whose credits would extend to more than a one hundred thirty movies through 1931 -- and then he vanished from the screen and popular culture. He was probably getting too old to do the sort of stunts that required an undercranked camera to make him look good.

Although the plot is very melodramatic and the acting and titles are much the same way, the viewer may be pleased by the beautiful camera-work offered by H.C. Cook, a man who had three credits as cinematographer in 1923. That's the total of his IMDb credits.. The fight sequence on the logs in the river are excellent and even his more commonplace two-shots are good. The print I viewed is on the Grapevine DVD and is nicely colored. Although the story is rather silly, the pictures make this worth looking at once.