Flames of Wrath
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Roxie Mankins
John Burton
Charles Pearson
Anna Kelson
John Lester Johnson
Frank Colbert
Film Details
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Synopsis
After P. C. Gordon is murdered and robbed of a diamond ring that he brought as a birthday present for his wife, one of the thieves, C. Dates, is apprehended. A woman prosecuting attorney makes a compelling case against him, and he is given a ten-year penitentiary sentence. Dates escapes and heads for the vacant lot where he buried the ring. Meanwhile, a boy playing in the lot, digs up the ring and gives it to his older brother, Guy Braxton, a prosperous dry goods merchant. Guy shows it to William Jackson, an unscrupulous lawyer. When Pauline Keith, Jackson's young stenographer, learns of Jackson's scheme to steal the diamond, which also involves her own father, and a woman, Flora Fulton, she begins to investigate. After Jackson finds that several incriminating documents are missing, he fires Pauline. She immediately goes to work for Guy and prevents the theft of the diamond. Jackson is later elected district attorney and orders the arrest of Guy, but Pauline obtains evidence of Guy's innocence and saves him from a long prison term. After a $2,000 reward is issue for Dates, he turns himself in and is pardoned.
Cast
Roxie Mankins
John Burton
Charles Pearson
Anna Kelson
John Lester Johnson
Frank Colbert
Maria P. Williams
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
This was the first film ever produced by an African-American woman.
Notes
This film was also known as The Flames of Wrath. According to information in the George P. Johnson Collection at the UCLA Special Collections Library, Maria P. Williams, the secretary and treasurer of Western Film Producing Co., was the first female African-American film producer in the U.S. The company was located in Kansas City, MO.
