''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. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

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. She began her career during the silent film era and often appeared in comedy shorts opposite Roscoe Arbuckle. Career Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lake began her ...

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 or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

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 Edin ...

as Calvert Carter *

George Dunning George Garnett Dunning (November 17, 1920 – February 15, 1979) was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is known for animating and directing the 1968 film inspired by the Beatles, '' Yellow Submarine''. Biography Dunning was born in Toronto ...

as Tommy - the Crippled Boy * Robert Walker *

Culvert Curtis A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway. Typically embedded so as to be surrounded by soil, a culvert may be made from a pipe, reinforced concrete or other material. In the United Kingdom, ...

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