Underplayed Gems

The Fire Brigade (1926)

The Fire Brigade poster
Directed by
William Nigh
Genre
drama film, silent film, disaster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A silent drama about firefighters. The story follows the men who fight fires and the dangers they face.

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What happens

The Fire Brigade (also known as Fire!) is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh. The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray. The Fire Brigade originally contained sequences shot in two-color Technicolor. A print of the film is preserved in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists archives. The producers of the film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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