Love Aflame

Jan 29, 1917

0h 50m

★ 9.5

Overview

Jack Calvert bets four friends that he can travel from New York to Constantinople without a cent.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Red Feather Photoplays

Love Aflame Trailers

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Cast

Betty Mason

Ruth Stonehouse

George Howard

Stuart Holmes

Jack Calvert

Jack Mulhall

Reginald

Jean Hersholt

Robert Sterling

Kenneth Hunter

Rita Lawson

Madeleine Le Nard

Mr. Mason

Raymond Whittaker

Cannibal King

Noble Johnson

Willie Sterling

Jane Lee

His Favorite

Fronzie Gunn

Myrtle Sterling

Katherine Lee

Martha

Nita White

Philandering husband George Montfort purchases railroad tickets for a weekend tryst in the mountains with his latest paramour. When his wife Yvonne finds the tickets, George hastily explains that they were bought as an anniversary present for her. Yvonne doesn't believe George, but she decides to use her ticket anyway, while George remains behind in Paris on "business."

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4.8

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

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5.5

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5.0

Suzanna

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0.0

The Japanese Woman

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6.3

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0.0

Junges Blut

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No overview available.

0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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No overview available.

7.0

A Scarlet Angel

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The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. In the midst of a dance number goes suddenly all the lights out. In the confusion that arises one of the elegant guests is deprived of her jewelry.

6.0

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War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing Italian troops.

6.0

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5.9

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8.0

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0.0

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7.0

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0.0

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