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Flaming Hearts
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Clifford S. Elfelt
Cast: J.B. Warner, Kathleen Myers, Alma Bennett, George Hernandez, Frankie Lee
Metropolitan Productions production; distributed by East Coast Productions, Incorporated. / Produced by Clifford S. Elfelt. From a screen story by Frank Howard Clark. Presented by Clifford S. Elfelt. / Released 1 November 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [From Motion Picture News Booking Guide (1923)] Jeff Hartman, society lap-dog, goes West to make a man of himself. En route aboard box-car, he captures two tramps who have stolen payroll. Hands them over to sheriff and gets himself in solid. Tenderfoot develops after much adversity into cowboy. At county fair Hartman wins raffle, the reward being a kiss from Marion Barrows, the sheriff’s daughter. Hartman, fearful of taking the privilege, flees. Sheriff and daughter angered by insult. Fair receipts missing. Suspicion centers on Hartman. Marion discovers Jeff in shack and at point of gun leads him to her father. Revealed that sheriff’s little nephew has taken bag holding Fair’s receipts to play with them. Jeff and Marion reunited.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 October 2022.
References: Sherwood-Best p. 165 : ClasIm-224 p. 54 : Website-IMDb.
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