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The Sacred Flame (1929 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Sacred Flame' is a 1929 film directed by Archie Mayo, starring Pauline Frederick and Conrad Nagel, and based on a 1928 Broadway play of the same title by Somerset Maugham.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=11832 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'..The Sacred Flame'] It is now considered a lost film. Two years later Warner Brothers remade the film in German 'The Sacred Flame'. In 1935, a second remake 'The Right to Live', was made, starring Colin Clive and George Brent.
Synopsis
Maurice Taylor a former Royal Flying Corps officer, veteran of World War I, marries Stella shortly before a plane crash that leaves him disabled. When his brother Colin arrives in England, she strikes up a close bond with him. Torn between her duty to her husband and her wish to start a new life abroad with his brother, Stella falls under suspicion of murder when her stricken husband dies.
Cast
*Pauline Frederick as Mrs. Taylor
* Conrad Nagel as Colonel Maurice Taylor
* Lila Lee as Stella Taylor
* William Courtenay as Major Laconda
* Walter Byron as Colin Taylor
* Dale Fuller as Nurse Wayland
* Alec B. Francis as Doctor Harvester
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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