Barriers Burned Away

Barriers Burned Away
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Directed by	W.S. Van Dyke
Written by	Leah Baird
Based on	Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
Produced by	Arthur F. Beck
Starring	Mabel Ballin Eric Mayne Frank Mayo
Cinematography	André Barlatier
Production company	Encore Pictures
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	January 4, 1925 (1925-01-04)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.

Cast

Actors	Characters
Mabel Ballin	Christine Randolph
Eric Mayne	Mark Randolph
Frank Mayo	Wayne Morgan
Wanda Hawley	Molly Winthrop
Wally Van	Gale Winthrop
Arline Pretty	Mildred McCormick
Lawson Butt	Earl of Tarnsey
Tom Santschi	Hon. Bill Cronk
Harry T. Morey	Howard Mellon
Jim Mason	Slim Edwards
J.P. Lockney	Patrick Leary
Mrs. Charles Craig	Mrs. Leary
William V. Mong	Peg-Leg Sullivan
Pat Harmon	Halstead Street Terror
Frankie Mann	Kitty

Preservation

A print of Barriers Burned Away is located in the Cineteca Italiana in Milan.

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• Barriers Burned Away at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Lobby card at Getty Images.