Ex-Flame
{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ex-Flame
| image = Ex-Flame 1930.jpg
| caption = Marian Nixon and Neil Hamilton
| director = Victor Halperin
| producer = {{ubl|Edward Halperin|M.H. Hoffman}}
| writer = {{ubl|Mrs. Henry Wood (novel)|George Draney|Victor Halperin}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Neil Hamilton|Marian Nixon|Norman Kerry}}
| music =
| cinematography = Ernest Miller
| editing = W. Donn Hayes
| studio = Liberty Pictures
| distributor = Liberty Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1930|11|19}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Ex-Flame is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon, and Norman Kerry. The film is an adaptation of the 1861 Victorian novel East Lynne, but is set in contemporary England. This was the first production of the Poverty Row company Liberty Pictures.Pitts p.216 The following year, a more celebrated film version of the novel was released by Fox Film. Some sources state this is a lost film.
Plot
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Cast
- Neil Hamilton as Sir Carlisle Austin
- Marian Nixon as Lady Catherine
- Judith Barrie as Barbara Lacey
- Norman Kerry as Beaumont Winthrop
- 'Snub' Pollard as Boggins
- Roland Drew as Umberto
- José Bohr as Argentinean
- Joan Standing as Kilmer
- Cornelius Keefe as Keith
- May Beatty as Lady Harriett
- Lorimer Johnston as Colonel Lacey
- Joseph North as Wilkins
- Charles Crockett as Parson
- Billy Haggerty as Master Stuart Austin
- Louis Armstrong as himself
References
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Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0021842}}
{{Victor Halperin}}
{{East Lynne}}
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Victor Halperin
Category:Films based on East Lynne
Category:American black-and-white films
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