The Flaming Disk

Nov 21, 1920

4h 40m

★ 0.0

The Giant of Films, in a Marvelous Double Part in Universal's Newest Serial Wonder

Overview

Criminals steal a death ray that concentrates the rays of the sun. The inventor's daughter and a government agent try to retrieve it. 18 episode adventure serial.

Genres

Adventure

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Great Western Producing Company

The Flaming Disk Trailers

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Cast

Elmo Gray / Jim Gray

Elmo Lincoln

Helen Wade

Louise Lorraine

Batt Hogan

Monte Montague

Professor Robert Wade

Lee Kohlmar

Stanley W. Barrows

George B. Williams

Con Dawson

Jenks Harris

Rodney Stanton

Roy Watson

Briggs

Fred Hamer

Stella Dean

Fay Holderness

Bob Reeves

L. Frank Baum would appear in a white suit and present his live actors, slide shows and films as a live travelogue presentation of his popular fantasies. Highlights include Dorothy being swept to Oz in various ways, such as with back-projection tornadoes and storms in a chicken coop. Lack of financial backing forced the show to fold after appearing in only two cities, despite being a critical and commercial success. This film is lost.

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No overview available.

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No overview available.

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