Wildfire (1915)

Directed by

Edwin Middleton

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

50 min

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous stage actress reprises her stage role for this lost silent film. The movie follows a dramatic story but the third reel is missing so the ending is unknown.

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What happens

Wildfire is a 1915 silent drama film produced by the Shuberts and distributed by World Pictures. It is based on the 1908 Broadway play Wildfire by George V. Hobart and George Broadhurst. The play had starred the famous Lillian Russell, who, in a rare screen appearance, reprised her role here. It was remade in 1925 with Aileen Pringle. Surviving prints are missing the third reel and the ending. Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. According to the American Film Institute catalog, this film was shot at the Peerless Studios. About 30% of the scenes were filmed in Charleston, South Carolina and at the nearby Palmetto Park race course. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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