The Still Alarm (1926 film)

The Still Alarm is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Helene Chadwick, William Russell, and Richard Travers, based on the 1887 play of the same name.^[1][2]

The Still Alarm
Lobby card
Directed by	Edward Laemmle
Written by	Charles Kenyon Harvey J. O'Higgins (adaptation)
Based on	The Still Alarm by Joseph Arthur and A.C. Wheeler
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Helene Chadwick William Russell Richard Travers
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 2, 1926 (1926-05-02)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Still Alarm advertisement in The Film Daily, 1926

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Lucy leaves her husband, fireman Richard Fay, for the politician Perry Dunn. Eighteen years later, Dick is a fire battalion chief. His adopted daughter Drina meets the modeste Madame Celeste, who really is the missing Lucy. Dunn decoys Drina to his apartment. Fire breaks out and Dick and other firemen arrive. Dick discovers Drina in the building and rescues her. He then thrashes Dunn. Trapped in the flames, he lowers Dunn to safety. Dick and his men escape along a narrow cornice, pressed against the wall in single file, until out of the building. Drina is taken home by Lucy, and later a reconciliation follows.

Cast

• Helene Chadwick as Lucy Fay
• William Russell as Richard Fay
• Richard Travers as Perry Dunn
• Edna Marion as Drina Fay
• Andy Todd as John T. Murray
• Guy Edward Hearn as Tom Brand
• Erin La Bissoniere as Masie Mush
• Dot Farley as Mrs. Maloney
• Jacques D'Auray as Manager of Modiste Shop
• Kasha Haroldi (uncredited)

Preservation

A print of The Still Alarm, on loan from a private collector, is in the collection of the Library of Congress.^[4]