The Flame of Youth


1917

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 18, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly Feature
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Country
United States

Synopsis

James Gordon, Sr., owner of the Gordon syndicate, dispatches his roughneck son Jimmy to investigate why production has fallen off in his opal mine on an island off the coast of lower California. After an argument with his fiancée, socialite Lucy Andrews, Jimmy leaves for the island where he is met by Juan, McCool's servant who, along with Jasper Sneedham, has been cheating the company. On the launch, Juan tries to eliminate Jimmy by hitting him over the head, but the lad escapes and swims to shore where he is rescued by Sneedham's stepdaughter Nadine. Nadine takes Jimmy to the hut of mine foreman Fred Haimer, the only honest man on the island. When Nadine overhears her stepfather's plans to take his ill gained fortune and flee, Jimmy and Haimer team up to defeat Juan, Sneedham and McCool. After a number of grueling skirmishes, Jimmy, Haimer and Nadine escape to the mainland where they notify the police who return to the island and arrest the gang. Jimmy then introduces Nadine to his father and is thrilled to learn that Lucy has married a nobleman, thus freeing Jimmy to marry Nadine.

Film Details

Release Date
Jun 18, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; A Butterfly Feature
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Country
United States

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Ann Kronan, whose name was also spelled Kroman and Kromarm, was born and educated in Denmark. Willis Woods was the pseudonym of F. McGrew Willis and Walter Woods.