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The Fire Brigade

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The Fire Brigade
Directed byWilliam Nigh
Written byRobert N. Lee (adaptation)
Lotta Woods (titles)
Story byKate Corbaley
StarringMay McAvoy
Charles Ray
CinematographyJohn Arnold
Edited byHarry L. Decker
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 20, 1926 (1926-12-20)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$249,556[1]

The Fire Brigade (also known as Fire!) is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh.[2] The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray.[3] The Fire Brigade originally contained sequences shot in two-color Technicolor. A print of the film is preserved in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists archives.[4]

The Fire Brigade ad in Exhibitors Herald, 1926

The producers of the film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers.[5]

Plot

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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.

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Schatz, Thomas (1988). The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era. Pantheon Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-53979-6.
  2. ^ Klepper, Robert K. (1999). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland. p. 452. ISBN 0-786-40595-3.
  3. ^ Butler, Ivan (1988). Silent Magic: Rediscovering The Silent Film Era. Ungar. p. 133. ISBN 0-804-42078-5.
  4. ^ The Fire Brigade SilentEra database
  5. ^ Movie review, The New York Times
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