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The Flame of Life

The Flame of Life

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 5, 1923

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Flame of Life

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Hobart Henley

Description

Joan Lowrie and her brutal father, Dan, labor in the English coal mines of the 1870's. Fergus Derrick, a new over-man, attempts to make his workers' lives more bearable but incurs Lowrie's wrath when he fires him for smoking in the mine. Bent on vengeance, Lowrie is beaten when he picks a fight with Fergus, then defiantly smokes in a mine tunnel. There is an explosion, Joan rescues Fergus, and their love triumphs over their class barriers. −