The Magic Flame

1927 film by Henry King

September 18, 1927 (1927-09-18) (U.S.)

Running time

9 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Magic Flame is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Henry King, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1900 play Konig Harlekin by Rudolph Lothar.^[1] George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work in The Magic Flame, The Devil Dancer, and Sadie Thompson.^[2] The film promoted itself as the Romeo and Juliet of the circus upon its release.

Plot

Cast

Ronald Colman as Tito the Clown
Vilma Bánky as Bianca, the acrobat
Agostino Borgato as The Ringmaster
Gustav von Seyffertitz as The Chancellor
Harvey Clark as The Aide
Shirley Palmer as The Wife
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as The Husband
George Davis as The Utility Man
André Cheron as The Manager
Vadim Uraneff as The Visitor
Meurnier-Surcouf as Sword Swallower
Raoul Paoli as Weight Thrower
William Bakewell
Lucille Ballart
Austen Jewell

Preservation

The Magic Flame is now considered to be a lost film.^[3] The first five reels are rumored to exist at the George Eastman House, though this is disputed.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Shilling, Donovan A. (September 1, 2013). Rochester's Movie Mania. Pancoast Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 9780982109045.
^ "The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Magic Flame at silentera.com
^ Vilma Banky: Hungarian Rhapsody
^ Schildgen, Rachel A. (2010). More Than a Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Bánky. 1921 PVG Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 978-0982770924. Retrieved March 5, 2013. ... in the past, scholars have said the first five reels were housed at the George Eastman House in New York. Further inquiries have turned up little, and it is safe to assume the film is gone for good.

External links

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The Magic Flame at IMDb
The Magic Flame at the TCM Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie
Stills at silenthollywood.com

Films directed by Henry King

Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
Joy and the Dragon (1916)
Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
Pay Dirt (1916)
Shadows and Sunshine (1916)
The Climber (1917)
The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
Twin Kiddies (1917)
Told at Twilight (1917)
Vengeance of the Dead (1917)
Souls in Pawn (1917)
Sunshine and Gold (1917)
The Bride's Silence (1917)
A Game of Wits (1917)
Southern Pride (1917)
All the World to Nothing (1918)
Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
Powers That Prey (1918)
Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
Up Romance Road (1918)
The Locked Heart (1918)
Hobbs in a Hurry (1918)
Social Briars (1918)
Where the West Begins (1919)
Brass Buttons (1919)
Some Liar (1919)
Six Feet Four (1919)
A Sporting Chance (1919)
This Hero Stuff (1919)
23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
Haunting Shadows (1919)
When a Man Rides Alone (1919)
The White Dove (1920)
Uncharted Channels (1920)
One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
Help Wanted – Male (1920)
Dice of Destiny (1920)
The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
When We Were 21 (1921)
The Sting of the Lash (1921)
Salvage (1921)
Tol'able David (1921)
The Bond Boy (1922)
The Seventh Day (1922)
Sonny (1922)
Fury (1923)
The White Sister (1923)
Romola (1924)
Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
Any Woman (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Partners Again (1926)
The Magic Flame (1927)
The Woman Disputed (1928)
She Goes to War (1929)
Hell Harbor (1930)
The Eyes of the World (1930)
Lightnin' (1930)
Merely Mary Ann (1931)
Over the Hill (1931)
The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
State Fair (1933)
I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
Carolina (1934)
Marie Galante (1934)
One More Spring (1935)
Way Down East (1935)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Ramona (1936)
Lloyd's of London (1936)
Seventh Heaven (1937)
In Old Chicago (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jesse James (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Little Old New York (1940)
Maryland (1940)
Chad Hanna (1940)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Remember the Day (1941)
The Black Swan (1942)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Wilson (1944)
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Margie (1946)
Captain from Castile (1947)
Deep Waters (1948)
Prince of Foxes (1948)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Gunfighter (1950)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Untamed (1955)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
Carousel (1956)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Bravados (1958)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Tender Is the Night (1962)

v t e Films produced by Samuel Goldwyn
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Films produced by Samuel Goldwyn

The Pest (1919)
Slave of Desire (1923)
Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
The Eternal City (1923)
Cytherea (1924)
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
A Thief in Paradise (1925)
His Supreme Moment (1925)
The Dark Angel (1925)
Stella Dallas (1925)
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Partners Again (1926)
The Night of Love (1927)
The Magic Flame (1927)
The Devil Dancer (1927)
Two Lovers (1928)
The Awakening (1928)
Condemned (1929)
The Rescue (1929)
This Is Heaven (1929)
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Raffles (1930)
Whoopee! (1930)
The Devil to Pay! (1930)
One Heavenly Night (1931)
Street Scene (1931)
Palmy Days (1931)
The Unholy Garden (1931)
Arrowsmith (1931)
Tonight or Never (1931)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
Cynara (1932)
The Masquerader (1933)
Roman Scandals (1933)
We Live Again (1934)
Nana (1934)
Kid Millions (1934)
The Dark Angel (1935)
The Wedding Night (1935)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Splendor (1935)
These Three (1936)
Dodsworth (1936)
Come and Get It (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Beloved Enemy (1936)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
Stella Dallas (1937)
Dead End (1937)
The Hurricane (1937)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Real Glory (1939)
The Westerner (1940)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
The North Star (1943)
Up in Arms (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Wonder Man (1945)
The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Enchantment (1948)
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
My Foolish Heart (1949)
Our Very Own (1950)
Edge of Doom (1950)
I Want You (1951)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Porgy and Bess (1959)

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Characters

Sources

The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
Pyramus and Thisbe
Palace of Pleasure
Troilus and Criseyde
Ephesiaca

Ballets

Romeo and Juliet (1938, Prokofiev)
Romeo and Juliet (1962, Cranko)
Romeo and Juliet (1965, MacMillan)
Romeo and Juliet (1977, Nureyev)
Romeo and Juliet (1965, Lavery)
Radio and Juliet (2005)
Romeo + Juliet (2007, Martins)
Romeo and Juliet (2008, Pastor)

Operas

Romeo und Julie (1776, Benda)
Giulietta e Romeo (1796, Zingarelli)
Giulietta e Romeo (1825, Vaccai)
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830, Bellini)
Gloria (1874, Cilea)
Roméo et Juliette (1867, Gounod)
A Village Romeo and Juliet (1907, Delius)
Romeo und Julia (1940, Sutermeister)
Romeo und Julia (1943, Blacher)

Musicals

The Belle of Mayfair (1906)
West Side Story (1957)
Once on This Island (1990)
Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour (2001)
Giulietta e Romeo (2007)
& Juliet (2019)

Classical

Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 (c. 1800)
Roméo et Juliette (1839, Berlioz)
Romeo and Juliet (1870, Tchaikovsky)

On screen

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