Fires of Rebellion

Jul 2, 1917

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Madge Garvey (Dorothy Phillips) works in a shoe factory. Her father Joe (Richard de la Reno) is a drunk who beats his wife (Alice May Youss), and her sister Helen (Belle Bennett) has repeated the pattern by marrying Dan Mallory (Edward Brady). The new foreman, John Blake (William Stowell), fires Mallory. Mallory attacks him, but because of his alcohol abuse, his heart gives out and he dies. Blake asks Joe for Madge's hand, and he accepts for her. Madge longs for something better, when Cora, a former stenographer from the company (Golda Madden), writes her from the big city.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bluebird Photoplays

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Cast

Madge Garvey

Dorothy Phillips

John Blake

William Stowell

Russell Hanlon

Lon Chaney

Helen Mallory

Belle Bennett

Cora Hayes

Golda Madden

Mrs. Garvey

Alice May Youse

Dan Mallory

Ed Brady

Joe Garvey (as Richard La Reno)

Dick La Reno

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