Wildfire (1925 film)

Wildfire
Directed by	T. Hayes Hunter
Produced by	Distinctive Productions
Based on	Wildfire by George Broadhurst and George V. Hobart
Starring	Aileen Pringle
Cinematography	J. Roy Hunt
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America¹
Release dates	June 7, 1925 (1925-06-07)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Wildfire (1925) is a silent film produced by Distinctive Productions, a company founded by George Arliss, and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.

The film is based on a successful 1908 play Wildfire that had starred Lillian Russell on Broadway and a young actor just starting out named Irving Cummings, later a silent director. This film stars Aileen Pringle. The story had been filmed before in 1915 with Lillian Russell herself and Lionel Barrymore.

Cast

Aileen Pringle - Claire Barrington
Edna Murphy - Myrtl Barrington
Holmes Herbert - Garrison
Edmund Breese - Sen. Woodhurst
Antrim Short - Ralph Woodhurst
Tom Blake - Matt Donovan
Lawford Davidson - John Duffy
Arthur Bryson - Chappie Raster
Will Archie - Bud
Edna Morton - Hortense
Robert Billoupe - Valet

Preservation status

This film survives in the Library of Congress collection and at UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Wildfire at silentera.com
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
↑ Wildfire, the play, in original 1908 production, Liberty Theatre beginning September 7, 1908; IBDb.com
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Wildfire

Footnotes

^ The film's distribution rights were transferred to Warner Bros. in 1925.

External links

The films of T. Hayes Hunter

Lime Kiln Field Day (1913, unfinished)
Fire and Sword (1914)
The Seats of the Mighty (1914)
Judy Forgot (1915)
Father and Son (1916)
The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916)
The Border Legion (1918)
Once to Every Man (1918)
Desert Gold (1919)
The Cup of Fury (1920)
Earthbound (1920)
The Light in the Clearing (1921)
Damaged Hearts (1924)
The Recoil (1924)
Trouping with Ellen (1924)
The Sky Raider (1925)
Wildfire (1925)
One of the Best (1927)
A South Sea Bubble (1928)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928)
The Silver King (1929)
The Man They Couldn't Arrest (1931)
The Calendar (1931)
The Frightened Lady (1932)
White Face (1932)
Sally Bishop (1932)
The Ghoul (1933)
Warn London (1934)
The Green Pack (1934)
Josser on the Farm (1934)

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