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The Sacred Flame is a 1929 film directed by Archie Mayo, starring Pauline Frederick and Conrad Nagel, and based on a 1928 Broadway play of the same title by Somerset Maugham.[1] It is now considered a lost film.[2] Two years later Warner Brothers remade the film in German The Sacred Flame. In 1935, a second remake The Right to Live, was made, starring Colin Clive and George Brent.
The Sacred Flame | |
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Directed by | Archie Mayo |
Written by | Harvey F. Thew De Leon Anthony |
Based on | The Sacred Flame by Somerset Maugham |
Starring | Pauline Frederick Conrad Nagel Lila Lee William Courtenay |
Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Edited by | James Gibbon |
Production company | Warner Bros. |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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