The Flaming Forties
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The Flaming Forties is an American Western
silent film
, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924
–25
as Producers Distributing Corporation vehicles for Harry Carey. Carey was primarily known as a star of Westerns and only one of the seven films did not fit into that genre. Assigned as director was 31-year-old Tom Forman
, who less than two years later, in November 1926, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924
1924 in film
-Events:* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
–25
1925 in film
-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...
as Producers Distributing Corporation vehicles for Harry Carey. Carey was primarily known as a star of Westerns and only one of the seven films did not fit into that genre. Assigned as director was 31-year-old Tom Forman
Tom Forman
Tom Forman was a motion picture actor, writer, and producer of the early 1920s.- Life and career :Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 1914. With the exception of service at the front during World War I, he had a successful career as both an actor and...
, who less than two years later, in November 1926, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Cast
- Harry Carey as Bill Jones
- William Norton Bailey as Desparde
- Jacqueline GadsdenJacqueline GadsdenJacqueline Gadsden was an American film actress during the silent era. Born in Lompoc, California, she is probably best known to modern audiences at the wealthy, haughty other woman in the Clara Bow vehicle It . She made two films in 1929 under the name Jane Daly, and retired shortly after that...
as Sally - James Mason as Jay Bird Charley
- Frank Norcross as Colonel Starbottle
- Wilbur HigbyWilbur HigbyWilbur Higby was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 72 films between 1914 and 1934. He died in Hollywood, California in 1934, aged 67, from pneumonia....
as the sheriff