''The Flaming Signal'' is a 1933 American
adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, a ...
directed by
George Jeske
George Washington Jeske (February 22, 1891 – October 28, 1951) was an American screenwriter, director, and actor.
Career
Jeske was born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1891. He was one of the original Keystone Kops for Mack Sennett.
He wrote fo ...
and
Charles E. Roberts and starring
Marceline Day
Marceline Day (born Marceline Newlin; April 24, 1908 – February 16, 2000) was an American motion picture actress whose career began as a child in the 1910s and ended in the 1930s.
Early life
Marceline Newlin was born in Colorado Springs, Colo ...
,
Noah Beery
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen ...
and
Carmelita Geraghty
Carmelita Geraghty (March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966) was an American silent-film actress and painter.
Early life
The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty, she was the sister of writers Maurice and Gerald Geraghty. Her father wrote scenarios ...
.
[Pitts p.183]
Plot
Cast
* John David Horsley as Lt. Jim Robbins
*
Marceline Day
Marceline Day (born Marceline Newlin; April 24, 1908 – February 16, 2000) was an American motion picture actress whose career began as a child in the 1910s and ended in the 1930s.
Early life
Marceline Newlin was born in Colorado Springs, Colo ...
as Molly James
*
Noah Beery
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen ...
as Otto Von Krantz
*
Henry B. Walthall
Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915).
Early life
Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878 on a ...
as Rev. Mr. James
*
Carmelita Geraghty
Carmelita Geraghty (March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966) was an American silent-film actress and painter.
Early life
The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty, she was the sister of writers Maurice and Gerald Geraghty. Her father wrote scenarios ...
as Molly
*
Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928 ...
as Manu—High Priest
* Francisco Alonso as Taku
* Jane'e Olmes as Rari
* Anya Gramina as French Girl
* Flash the Dog as Flash
References
Bibliography
* Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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1933 films
1933 adventure films
American adventure films
Films directed by George Jeske
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language adventure films
Films directed by Charles E. Roberts
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