Playing with Fire (1916 film)
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Playing with Fire is a 1916 silent
American drama film
directed by Francis J. Grandon
. The film is considered to be lost
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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...
American drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Francis J. Grandon
Francis J. Grandon
Francis J. Grandon was an American silent film actor and director who acted in almost 100 films and directed over 100.-Selected filmography:...
. The film is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Olga PetrovaOlga PetrovaOlga Petrova was an American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Born as Muriel Harding in England, she moved to the United States and became a star of vaudeville using the stage name Olga Petrova. Petrova starred in a number of films for Solax Studios and was Metro Pictures first diva, usually...
as Jean Serian (as Mme. Petrova) - Arthur Hoops as Geoffrey Vane
- Evelyn BrentEvelyn BrentEvelyn Brent was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Born Mary Elizabeth Riggs in Tampa, Florida and known as Betty, she was a child of 10 when her mother Eleanor died, leaving her father Arthur to raise her alone...
as Lucille Vane - Pierre LeMay as Philip Derblay
- Catherine DoucetCatherine DoucetCatherine Doucet was an American actress. She appeared in over 30 films between 1915 and 1954.-Selected filmography:* Playing with Fire * The Steel Trail * Little Man, What Now?...
as Rosa Derblay (as Catherine Calhoun) - Philip Hahn as Jacques Gobert