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Flowing Gold (1924 film)

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Flowing Gold
Lobby card
Directed byJoseph De Grasse
Written byRichard Walton Tully
Based onFlowing Gold
1922 novel
by Rex Beach
StarringAnna Q. Nilsson
Milton Sills
Alice Calhoun
CinematographyRoy Carpenter
Gilbert Warrenton
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Production
company
Richard Walton Tully Productions
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • March 1, 1924 (1924-03-01)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Flowing Gold is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, and Alice Calhoun. The film's plot concerns the Texas oil industry.[1]

Plot

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Flowing Gold (1924)

As described in a film magazine review,[2] ex-soldier Calvin Gray arrives in the Texas oil fields and meets the newly rich Briskow family. He soon becomes involved in a medley of adventures, including saving the Briscows from business ruin, rescuing the son Buddy from a foolish marriage, revenging himself on a perjured officer who had caused his dismissal from military service, and winning the love of Allegheny Briskow. When a downpour causes a flood with burning oil floating on the waters, and lightning hitting a gusher well, Allegheny is able to rescue her sweetheart.

Cast

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Preservation

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A print of Flowing Gold was discovered in the Czech Film Archive,[3] and in 2020 the National Film Preservation Foundation issued a grant to the San Francisco Silent Film Festival for the restoration of the film.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Storey & Kelley, p. 253.
  2. ^ Pardy, George T. (March 8, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Flowing Gold". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved September 22, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "47 Orphan Films To Be Preserved with Federal Grants". Moving Image Archive News. October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Federal Grants". National Film Preservation Foundation. Retrieved September 22, 2022.

Bibliography

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  • John Woodrow Storey & Mary L. Kelley. Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History. University of North Texas Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-574-41245-1
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