''The Flame'' is a 1920 British silent

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by

Floyd Martin Thornton Floyd Martin Thornton (often credited as F. Martin Thornton, November 4, 1884 – April 1, 1956) was an American screenwriter and film director active in the United Kingdom in the 1910s and 1920s. He also directed films for the Natural Color Kin ...

and starring

Evelyn Boucher Evelyn May Boucher (15 March 1892–5 June 1991) was a British film actress who had a number of leading roles in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s appearing in films such as ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' and ''The Man Who Bought London'' ...

Reginald Fox Reginald Fox (22 December 1881, in Stoke Newington, London – 3 May 1943, in Harefield, Middlesex) was a British actor. He appeared with Louise Maurel and John Hamilton in a dramatic short film, ''The Whistler'' (released December 1926), direct ...

and Dora De Winton. It was based on a novel by Olive Wadsley.

Plot

As summarized in a film publication, Toni (Boucher) and her brother Fane (Thatcher) were adopted after the death of their father by their Uncle Charles (Cullin), and brought from the slums to the uncle's beautiful home, much to the disgust of the uncle's wife Lady Henrietta (De Winton). Fane is placed in a boys academy while Toni is sent to a convent. Fane turns out to be a haughty young Englishman while Toni cannot understand the changes in her brother. Lady Henrietta has had him raised to suit herself. Toni is then placed in a finishing school and, after she is expelled for going outside the walls, Lady Henrietta threatens to place her in a Dutch school where she would be punished for such a misdemeanor. Toni tells her troubles to Lord Robert Wyke, Lady Henrietta's brother who is kindly and devoted to Toni. He is secretly in love with Toni, but is not free to tell her because of a hastily and unfortunate marriage to an adventuress. After Robert is compelled to leave for business and Toni hears that she will be sent to the Dutch school, the girl follows Robert to Florence where she remains with the housekeeper of Count de Soulnes. Word arrives that Robert has been murdered, but later he arrives and it turns that his wife was killed in an automobile accident, leaving him free to marry Toni.

Cast

as Toni Saumarez *

as Lord Robert Wyke * Dora De Winton as Lady Henrietta * Fred Thatcher as Fane * Rowland Myles as Boris Ritsky *

Ernest Maupain Ernest Maupain (1869–1944) was a French film actor who appeared in many American films during the silent era. He played the role of Professor Moriarty in the 1916 Essanay Studios film '' Sherlock Holmes''.Kabatchnik p.167 Selected filmography ...

as Sparakoff * Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Saumarez * Clifford Pembroke as Captain Wynford Saumarez *

Frank Petley Frank Petley (sometimes credited as Frank B. or Frank E. Petley) (28 March 1872 – 12 January 1945) was a British actor prominent in the Edwardian theatre and silent era cinema. During the Second World War he performed with The Old Vic Company ...

as Miskoff * J. Edwards Barker as Dr. Lindsay * Sydney Wood as Fane, as a child

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1920 films British black-and-white films 1920s romance films British romance films British silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Floyd Martin Thornton Stoll Pictures films Films based on British novels 1920s British films English-language romance films {{1920s-UK-film-stub