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When Fire Bells Rang
Also known as [When the Fire Bells Rang]
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Edward Dillon [the fireman], Fred Mace [the fireman’s brother], Frank Evans [a fireman], Frank Opperman [a fireman], William J. Butler [an actor], Dell Henderson [an actor], Grace Henderson [an actress], J. Jiquel Lanoe [an actor], Claire McDowell [an actress], Marshall Neilan [an actor], Vivian Prescott [an actress], Edwin August [an audience member], Kate Bruce [an audience member], Harry Hyde [an audience member], Kate Toncray [an audience member], Sylvia Ashton
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Morris H. Black. / Released 8 May 1912; in a split-reel with The Furs (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? They are brothers; one is a member of the village fire department, the other the property man at the “Opry House.” A traveling dramatic company arrives, and. in putting on a Roman tragedy, needs twenty “supers” to play “Roman soldiers.” “Props” engages the members of the fire company, who are rehearsed and dressed in Roman costumes. Everything goes fine until the fire-bells ring out an alarm, then, well . . .
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 October 2023.
References: Mottram-Danish p. 22 : Website-IMDb.
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