Summary
Playing With Fire is a lost[1] 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring Gladys Walton.[2]
| Playing With Fire | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Dallas M. Fitzgerald |
| Written by | William M. Clayton J.U. Giesy Doris Schroeder |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Gladys Walton |
| Cinematography | Milton Moore |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot edit
As described in a film magazine,[3] Enid Gregory (Walton) works in a music store. She is a regular "jazz baby" who flirts with others while keeping company with Bill Butler (Gribbon), a plumber. She finds Janet Fenwick (McGuire), a young society woman whose father committed suicide under a cloud of disgrace, so Enid gets her employer Bruce Tilford (Mack) to hire Janet to sing the ballads that she plays. Business picks up and Tilford gives the two women two days of vacation. Enid and Janet go to a fashionable hotel where they meet several of Janet's former friends. Janet becomes engaged to an old sweetheart and Enid succumbs to the embrace of Kent Lloyd (Cooley), a wealthy young man, and allows him to slip a ring on her finger. In the last reel, they cope with the effects of a fire.
Cast edit
- Gladys Walton as Enid Gregory
- Kathryn McGuire as Janet Fenwick
- Eddie Gribbon as Bill Butler
- Hayward Mack as Bruce Tilford
- Harold Miller as Jack Taylor
- Hallam Cooley as Kent Lloyd
- Sidney Franklin as Pat Isaacs
- Lydia Knott as Miss Seraphina
- Harriet Laurel as Maggie Turner
- Elinor Hancock as Mrs. Taylor
- Danny Hoy as Rats
References edit
- ^ Fitzgerald, Dallas M.; Walton, Gladys (1921), Playing With Fire, retrieved December 21, 2023
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ "Reviews: Playing with Fire". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (1). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 64. December 31, 1921.
External links edit
- Playing with Fire at IMDb
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Playing With Fire
- Period lobby poster
- Synopsis at AllMovie (incorrect review by Hal Erickson to this 1921 Universal film. The review he has is to the 1916 Olga Petrova film of the same name which has a review by Janiss Garza.)
