__notoc__The Flaming Forest (1926

1926 in film

-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....

) is a film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by Reginald Barker, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...

, and starring Antonio Moreno

Antonio Moreno

Antonio "Tony" Moreno was a notable Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.- Biography :...

 and Renée Adorée

Renée Adorée

Renée Adorée was a French actress who had appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s.-Early life:...

.

This is one of two MGM silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

s dealing with forest fires, the other being The Understanding Heart

The Understanding Heart

The Understanding Heart is a American silent film, directed by Jack Conway and starring Joan Crawford. The film was adapted for the screen by Edward T. Lowe Jr. from a novel by Peter B. Kyne. Joan Crawford said "I got my first rave reviews in The Understanding Heart." -Plot:Forest ranger Bob Mason...

(1927). MGM also produced The Fire Brigade

The Fire Brigade

__notoc__The Fire Brigade, also called Fire! is a silent film directed by William Nigh.Film historian Kevin Brownlow used scenes from this film's climax to open his 13-hour documentary Hollywood...

(1926) involving fires in unsafe buildings. Two-strip Technicolor

Technicolor

Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...

 was used for the climactic blaze sequences in the latter two films.

Plot

North-West Mounted Police sergeant David Carrigan (Antonio Moreno) fights Indians and wooes Jeanne-Marie (Renée Adorée).

Cast

• Antonio Moreno
  Antonio Moreno
  Antonio "Tony" Moreno was a notable Spanish-born American actor and film director of the silent film era and through the 1950s.- Biography :...
  
   as Sergeant David Carrigan
• Renée Adorée
  Renée Adorée
  Renée Adorée was a French actress who had appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s.-Early life:...
  
   as Jeanne-Marie
• Gardner James as Roger Audemard
• William Austin as Alfred Wimbledon
• Tom O'Brien as Mike
• Emile Chautard
  Emile Chautard
  Emile Chautard was a French film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924...
  
   as André Audemard
• Oscar Beregi, Sr. as Jules Lagarre
• Clarence Geldart
  Clarence Geldart
  Clarence Geldart , was an American film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1915 and 1936.He was born in New Brunswick, Canada and died in Calabasas, California.-Selected filmography:* The Squaw Man...
  
   as Major Charles McVane
• Frank Leigh as Lupin
• Charles Ogle
  Charles Stanton Ogle
  Charles Stanton Ogle was an American silent film actor.-Biography:Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Ogle first performed in live theatre, making his first appearance on Broadway in 1905. He embarked on a career in film with Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York in 1908, appearing in The Boston Tea Party...
  
   as Donald McTavish
• Roy Coulson as François
• D'Arcy McCoy as Bobbie
• Claire McDowell
  Claire McDowell
  Claire McDowell was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945. Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films she appeared in numerous short & early feature films. She graduated to playing character and mother types...
  
   as Mrs. McTavish
• Bert Roach
  Bert Roach
  Bert Roach was an American film actor. He appeared in 327 films between 1914 and 1951.He was born in Washington, D.C., and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Fatty's Magic Pants...
  
   as Sloppy
• Mary Jane Irving
  Mary Jane Irving
  Mary Jane Irving was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938.-Biography:Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Irving began her career as a child actor in silent films...
  
  as Ruth McTavish