Barriers Burned Away

Barriers Burned Away is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Mabel Ballin, Eric Mayne, and Frank Mayo.[1] It is set at the time of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

Barriers Burned Away
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Directed byW.S. Van Dyke
Produced byArthur F. Beck
Written byLeah Baird
Based onBarriers Burned Away
by Edward Payson Roe
StarringMabel Ballin
Eric Mayne
Frank Mayo
CinematographyAndré Barlatier
Production
company
Encore Pictures
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • January 4, 1925 (1925-01-04)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The film is loosely adapted from the 1872 novel of the same name by Edward Payson Roe.

Cast

ActorsCharacters
Mabel BallinChristine Randolph
Eric MayneMark Randolph
Frank MayoWayne Morgan
Wanda HawleyMolly Winthrop
Wally VanGale Winthrop
Arline PrettyMildred McCormick
Lawson ButtEarl of Tarnsey
Tom SantschiHon. Bill Cronk
Harry T. MoreyHoward Mellon
Jim MasonSlim Edwards
J.P. LockneyPatrick Leary
Mrs. Charles CraigMrs. Leary
William V. MongPeg-Leg Sullivan
Pat HarmonHalstead Street Terror
Frankie MannKitty

Preservation

A print of Barriers Burned Away is located in the Cineteca Italiana in Milan.[2]

References

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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