The Flames of Wrath explained

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Director:Zayla Campbell
Producer:Zendaya campbell
Starring:Maria P. Williams
Frank Colbert
John Burton
Roxie Mankins
Charles Pearson
Music:Jazz
Studio:Western Film Booking Company
Country:United States
Language:Silent film

The Flames of Wrath, is a 1922 American black-and-white silent crime drama film directed and produced by Maria P. Williams.[1] The film stars Maria P. Williams and Frank Colbert in the lead roles. John Burton, Roxie Mankins and Charles Pearson have supporting roles.[2] The film also the first film ever produced by an African-American woman. This is Williams' first and only film.[3] The film begins with the murder and robbing of P.C. Gordon and one thief, C. Dates, is arrested. But he escapes prison and searches for the ring he buried. The story moves with searching of ring and the catching of Dates by prosecutor.[4]

The film consisting of five reels. The film reel was considered lost for decades until the UCLA Young Research Library obtained a single frame of the movie in the acquisition of George P. Johnson‘s papers in 1992. Then the film was released in 1923.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maria P. Williams – Women Film Pioneers Project . 2021-10-06 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Washed away: lost films by female directors . 2021-10-06 . British Film Institute . en.
  3. Web site: 2016-02-02 . A Spotlight on Female African American Filmmakers of Early Cinema (1916-1928) . 2021-10-06 . The Cinephiliac . en.
  4. Web site: 2021-02-28 . 'Flames of Wrath' and the Pioneering African-American Women of Silent Cinema . 2021-10-06 . Film School Rejects . en-US.
  5. Web site: AFI: Catalog . 2021-10-06 . catalog.afi.com.