The Flaming Disc
{{short description|1920 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Flaming Disc
| image = The Flaming Disc (1920) - 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement under the title The Flaming Disk
| director = Robert F. Hill
| producer =
| writer = Arthur Henry Goodson
| starring = Elmo Lincoln
Louise Lorraine
| cinematography =
| studio = Great Western Producing Company
| distributor = Universal Film Manufacturing Company
| released = {{Film date|1920|11|21}}
| runtime = 18 episodes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Flaming Disc is a 1920 American silent adventure film serial directed by Robert F. Hill. The first episode of the series, "Rails of Death", opened on November 21, 1920. A total of 18 film episodes were produced. The Flaming Disc is now presumed to be a lost film.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FlamingDisc1920.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Flaming Disc |access-date=August 22, 2008|work=silentera.com}}
Cast
- Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Gray / Jim Gray
- Louise Lorraine as Helen
- Monte Montague as Bat
- Lee Kohlmar as Prof. Wade
- George B. Williams as Stanley Barrows (credited as George Williams)
- Jenks Harris as Con
- Ray Watson as Rodney Stanton
- Fred Hamer as Briggs
- Fay Holderness
- Bob Reeves
Episode titles
- "Rails of Death"
- "Span of Life"
- "Perilous Leap"
- "Fires of Hate"
- "Vanishing Floor"
- "Pool of Mystery"
- "Circle of Fire"
- "Through Walls of Steel"
- "The Floating Mine"
- "Spiked Death"
- "The Dynamite Trail"
- "The Tunnel of Flame"
- "Caged In"
- "The Purple Rays"
- "Poisoned Waters"
- "Running Wild"
- "Rails of Destruction"
- "End of the Trail"
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|The Flaming Disc}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0011191|title=The Flaming Disc}}
{{Universal serials}}
{{Robert F. Hill}}
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Category:Silent American adventure films
Category:American silent serial films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Robert F. Hill
Category:Lost American adventure films
Category:Universal Pictures film serials
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language adventure films
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