''Roaring Fires'' is a 1927 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Barry Barringer Barry Barringer (1888–1938) was an American screenwriter. He also directed three films during the silent era. He generally worked for low-budget Poverty Row companies.Pitts p.34 Filmography * '' One Glorious Day'' (1922) * '' Vengeance of the ...

and starring

Roy Stewart Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran th ...

Alice Lake Alice Lake (September 12, 1895 – November 15, 1967) was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era and often appeared in comedy shorts opposite Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Career Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lake beg ...

and

Lionel Belmore Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century. Life and career Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lil ...

.Palmer p.56 It is now considered to be a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

Cast

as David Walker *

as Sylvia Summers *

as John D. Summers * Bert Berkeley as Paddy Flynn * Ray Turner as Dennison de Puyster *

Spottiswoode Aitken Frank Spottiswoode Aitken (16 April 1868 – 26 February 1933) was a Scottish-American actor of the silent era. He played Dr. Cameron in D. W. Griffith's epic drama ''The Birth of a Nation''. Early years Aitken was born 16 April 1868 in Edinb ...

as Calvert Carter *

George Dunning George Garnett Dunning (November 17th. 1920 - February 15th. 1979) was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is best known for producing and directing the 1968 film '' Yellow Submarine''. Biography Dunning was born in Toronto and studied at the ...

as Tommy - the Crippled Boy * Robert Walker * Culvert Curtis

References

Bibliography

* Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Barry Barringer 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-US-film-stub