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The Sacred Flame

19291.0 / 1065 min
Drama, Romance, War

Overview

Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediately following his marriage to Stella. Maurice is non-functional in most of the physical areas of marriage that count, but Stella attends to his other needs faithfully for three years. Then his brother, Colin, shows up from South America, and he and Stella fall passionately in love and are making plans to run away together. Mother Taylor is aware of the romance, as is Nurse Weyland, who is secretly in love with Maurice, and now hates Stella for her careless attitude toward Maurice's patiently-borne sufferings. Maurice is also aware of the affair. He has a talk with his wife and brother. Complications arise.

Cast

Pauline Frederick

Pauline Frederick

Mrs. Taylor

William Courtenay

William Courtenay

Major Laconda

Conrad Nagel

Conrad Nagel

Col. Maurice Taylor

Lila Lee

Lila Lee

Stella Taylor

Walter Byron

Walter Byron

Colin Taylor

Dale Fuller

Dale Fuller

Nurse Wayland

Alec B. Francis

Alec B. Francis

Dr. Harvester

Crew

James Van Trees

James Van Trees

Director of Photography

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

Theatre Play

Harvey F. Thew

Harvey F. Thew

Screenplay

Archie Mayo

Archie Mayo

Director