Kindling (1915 film) explained

Kindling
Director:	Cecil B. DeMille
Producer:	Cecil B. DeMille Jesse L. Lasky
Starring:	Charlotte Walker
Cinematography:	Alvin Wyckoff
Editing:	Cecil B. DeMille
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Budget:	$10,034^[1]
Gross:	$66,036
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Kindling is a 1915 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlotte Walker, in her film debut.^{[2] [3]} The film is based on a 1911 Broadway play by Charles A. Kenyon which starred Margaret Illington and was produced by her husband Major Bowes, later of radio fame.^[4]

Cast

• Charlotte Walker as Maggie Schultz
• Thomas Meighan as 'Honest' Heine Schultz
• Raymond Hatton as Steve Bates
• Mrs. Lewis McCord as Mrs. Bates
• William Elmer as Rafferty (as Billy Elmer)
• Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Jane Burke-Smith
• Florence Dagmar as Alice Burke-Smith
• Tom Forman as Dr. Taylor
• Tex Driscoll as Detective (uncredited)
• Ben Hall as Young Thief (uncredited)
• Lucien Littlefield as Fence (uncredited)
• Jeanie Macpherson as Mrs. Burke-Smith's French Maid (uncredited)

Notes and References

1. De Mille's Costs-Gross. Variety. 21 March 1928. 20 March 2023. 5.
2. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Kindling . October 12, 2010. silentera.com.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150928072750/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=2355 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Kindling
4. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6432 Kindling as produced by Edward Bowes on Broadway at Daly's Theatre beginning December 5, 1911 to January 4, 1912, 39 performances; IBDb.com