Roman Candles
Cast & Crew
Jack Pratt
J. Frank Glendon
Phalba Morgan
Edward M. Kimball
Hector Sarno
Sidney D'albrook
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sent by his fireworks manufacturer father to South America to peddle the pyrotechnics, John Arnold, Jr., has his last chance to make good. He finds in Santa Maria a just-completed revolution, the celebration for which provides a ready market for his products. Adventure beckons him further, however, when John falls in love with Zorra Gamorra, the daughter of the deposed president. With the aid of his fireworks, John engineers another revolution that reinstalls Zorra's father in the presidency. The celebration that follows requires a large order of fireworks from Arnold, Sr. - thus reinstating Arnold, Jr., in his father's good graces.
Director
Jack Pratt
Cast
J. Frank Glendon
Phalba Morgan
Edward M. Kimball
Hector Sarno
Sidney D'albrook
Jack Pratt
Teddy
Mechtilde Price
Lola Smith
William Connant
Jack Waldermeyer
Crew
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
The film played Los Angeles's Clune Auditorium in September 1920, but it May not have received general distribution until March-April 1922, when M. J. Burnside distributed it as Yankee Doodle, Jr. It was listed under this title in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.6556. When the film arrived at New York's Loew's Circle on July 4, 1922, Cinart, rather than Burnside, was listed in trade reviews as the film's "sponsor." Pre-release trade articles in 1920 indicate that the film was to be seven reels long, but it is uncertain what length it actually was during its 1920 release; Yankee Doodle, Jr. is listed as a five-reeler in 1922 trade reviews.
Sources disagree about whether W. S. Forsyth or Jack Pratt wrote the scenario. When shown in 1922, the film ended with a ten-minute fireworks display tinted with the Handschlegel color process. Exteriors for the film were shot in San Diego's Exposition Park. Reviews in the 1922 trade journals gave the spelling of Phalba Morgan's name as Zelma Morgan, Hector Sarno's name as Victor Sarno and Teddy's name as Teddy Whack.
