The Fire Brigade

The Fire Brigade
The Fire Brigade
Directed by	William Nigh
Written by	Robert N. Lee (adaptation); Lotta Woods (titles)
Story by	Kate Corbaley
Starring	May McAvoy; Charles Ray
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	Harry L. Decker
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 20, 1926;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles
Budget	$249,556

The Fire Brigade (also known as Fire!) is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh. The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray. The Fire Brigade originally contained sequences shot in two-color Technicolor. A print of the film is preserved in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists archives.

The producers of the film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers.

Plot

Terry O'Neil is the youngest of a group of Irish-American firefighting brothers. He courts Helen Corwin, the daughter of a politician whose crooked building contracts resulted in devastating blazes.

Cast

May McAvoy as Helen Corwin
Charles Ray as Terry O'Neil
Holmes Herbert as James Corwin
Tom O'Brien as Joe O'Neil
Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. O'Neil
Warner Richmond as Jim O'Neil
Bert Woodruff as Captain O'Neil
Vivia Ogden as Bridget
DeWitt Jennings as Fire Chief Wallace
Dan Mason as Peg Leg Murphy
Erwin Connelly as Thomas Wainright

References

↑ Schatz, Thomas (1988). The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era. Pantheon Books. p. 41. ISBN 0-394-53979-6.
↑ Klepper, Robert K. (1999). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland. p. 452. ISBN 0-786-40595-3.
↑ Butler, Ivan (1988). Silent Magic: Rediscovering The Silent Film Era. Ungar. p. 133. ISBN 0-804-42078-5.
↑ The Fire Brigade SilentEra database
↑ Movie review, The New York Times