The Fire Brigade
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| The Fire Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Nigh |
| Produced by | Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg |
| Written by | Kate Corbaley Robert N. Lee (scenario) |
| Starring | May McAvoy Charles Ray |
| Cinematography | John Arnold |
| Editing by | Harry L. Decker |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 1926 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
The Fire Brigade, also called Fire! (1926) is a silent film directed by William Nigh.
Film historian Kevin Brownlow used scenes from this film's climax to open his 13-hour documentary Hollywood (1980). The producers of he original film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers.[1]
The film originally contained sequences made in two-strip Technicolor. A print reportedly exists in the MGM archives.[2]
[edit] Plot
Terry O'Neil (Charles Ray) is the youngest of a group of Irish-American firefighting brothers. He courts Helen Corwin (May McAvoy), the daughter of a politician whose crooked building contracts resulted in devastating blazes.
[edit] Cast
- May McAvoy as Helen Corwin
- Charles Ray as Terry O'Neil
- Holmes Herbert as James Corwin
- Tom O'Brien as Joe O'Neil
- Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. O'Neil
- Warner Richmond as Jim O'Neil
- Bert Woodruff as Captain O'Neil
- Vivia Ogden as Bridget
- DeWitt Jennings as Fire Chief Wallace
- Dan Mason as Peg Leg Murphy
- Erwin Connelly as Thomas Wainright
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ The New York Times movie review
- ^ The Fire Brigade SilentEra database
