''The Flaming Forties'' is a 1924 American silent

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film, the sixth of seven features which short-lived motion picture company Stellar Productions released in 1924–1925 as

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vehicles for Harry Carey. Carey was primarily known as a star of Westerns and only one of the seven films did not fit into that genre. Assigned as director was 31-year-old Tom Forman, who less than two years later, in November 1926, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The film was based upon the 1869

Bret Harte Bret Harte ( , born Francis Brett Hart, August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a caree ...

story " Tennessee’s Pardner," which has also been filmed as ''

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'' (1916), '' The Golden Princess'' (1925), and ''

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'' (1955).

Cast

* Harry Carey as Bill Jones * William Norton Bailey as Desparde * Jacqueline Gadsden as Sally *

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as Charley "Jay Bird Charley" * Frank Norcross as Colonel Starbottle *

Wilbur Higby Wilbur Higby (August 21, 1867 – December 1, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1934. Stage In the mid-1890s, Higby was a member of the stock company of the Grand Opera House ...

as The Sheriff

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Flaming Forties'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Flaming Forties''
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flaming Forties, The 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Tom Forman Producers Distributing Corporation films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films Films based on works by Bret Harte

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