The Still Alarm
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Directed byEdward Laemmle
Written by
Based onThe Still Alarm
by Joseph Arthur and A.C. Wheeler
Produced byCarl Laemmle
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 2, 1926 (1926-05-02)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages
The Still Alarm advertisement in The Film Daily, 1926

The Still Alarm is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Helene Chadwick, William Russell, and Richard Travers, based on the 1887 play of the same name.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] Lucy leaves her husband, fireman Richard Fay, for the politician Perry Dunn. Eighteen years later, Dick is a fire battalion chief. His adopted daughter Drina meets the modeste Madame Celeste, who really is the missing Lucy. Dunn decoys Drina to his apartment. Fire breaks out and Dick and other firemen arrive. Dick discovers Drina in the building and rescues her. He then thrashes Dunn. Trapped in the flames, he lowers Dunn to safety. Dick and his men escape along a narrow cornice, pressed against the wall in single file, until out of the building. Drina is taken home by Lucy, and later a reconciliation follows.

Cast

Preservation

A print of The Still Alarm, on loan from a private collector, is in the collection of the Library of Congress.[4]

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 77
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Still Alarm at silentera.com
  3. ^ Pardy, George T. (January 16, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Still Alarm", Motion Picture News, 33 (3), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 305, retrieved January 16, 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Still Alarm

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