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Barriers Burned Away (1925)

Barriers Burned Away poster
Directed by
W. S. Van Dyke
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman navigate their personal lives against the backdrop of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The disaster tests their courage and brings them together.

dramatichistoricalromanticdisaster-focusedmelodramaticvisceralepisodicearnest

What happens

Barriers Burned Away is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Mabel Ballin, Eric Mayne, and Frank Mayo. It is set at the time of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. The film is loosely adapted from the 1872 novel of the same name by Edward Payson Roe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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