''Like Wildfire'' is a 1917 American silent

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Stuart Paton Stuart Paton (23 July 1883 – 16 December 1944) was a British director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. Paton mostly worked with Universal, and is accredited with directing 67 films between 1915 and 1938. He also wrote for 24 film ...

and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Neva Gerber and L.M. Wells.Connelly p.376

Cast

* Herbert Rawlinson as Tommy Buckman * Neva Gerber as Nina Potter * L.M. Wells as John S. Buckman * John Cook as Phillip Potter * Howard Crampton as William Tobias * Burton Law as Brown * Willard Wayne as Phil

References

Bibliography

* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Stuart Paton 1910s American films Silent American drama films {{silent-drama-film-stub