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Smouldering Fires

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Attracted to young Robert Elliott (Malcolm McGregor), who works in the factory she manages, Jane Vale (Pauline Frederick) promotes him -- and then falls in love with him. To quell the rumors that begin spreading, Robert proposes to Jane. But before the wedding, Jane's younger sister, Dorothy (Laura La Plante), meets Robert and they fall in love. Robert marries Jane out of loyalty, but soon after, Jane realizes their age difference is too great, and conspires to bring him together with Dorothy.

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 05/09/2022
This elegant soap opera ought to be hokum, but director Clarence Brown (who would go on to numerous Garbo vehicles, as well as classics like National Velvet and The Yearling) doesn’t treat it as such. Go to Full Review Michael Barrett PopMatters 05/05/2022
Clarence Brown was an impeccably intelligent sentimentalist, and with Smouldering Fires he sets one of his delicately emotional dramas in the world of big business. Go to Full Review Robert E. Sherwood LIFE 10/06/2021
Smouldering Fires is an intelligent picture -- and intelligent pictures are very rare these days. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/17/2014 A well made romance drama staring Pauline Frederick who made 40+ silent features & sadly only 4 have survived (well now 5 including the one I recently found Paid in Full (1919). Pauline Frederick was from the stage & you sure know it! She has a real presence on screen. This is a story of a hard business woman falling for a young co-worker who falls for her shortly then veers towards a younger co-worker. To this films credit it really isn't cliche at all, it takes a fresh turn 3/4's in & due to Frederick's performance it's all the more believable. A top rate silent drama! See more 04/14/2012 Silent melodrama is sluggish. See more Read all reviews
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Clarence Brown

Director

Pauline Frederick

Jane Vale

Laura La Plante

Dorothy Vale

Malcolm McGregor

Robert Elliott

Tully Marshall

Scotty

Wanda Hawley

Lucy
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Synopsis Attracted to young Robert Elliott (Malcolm McGregor), who works in the factory she manages, Jane Vale (Pauline Frederick) promotes him -- and then falls in love with him. To quell the rumors that begin spreading, Robert proposes to Jane. But before the wedding, Jane's younger sister, Dorothy (Laura La Plante), meets Robert and they fall in love. Robert marries Jane out of loyalty, but soon after, Jane realizes their age difference is too great, and conspires to bring him together with Dorothy.
Director
Clarence Brown
Screenwriter
Sada Cowan, Howard Higgin
Distributor
Grapevine Video, Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 18, 1925, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Jun 28, 2011
Runtime
1h 20m