The Midnight Alarm
1923 film
- August 19, 1923 (1923-08-19)
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The Midnight Alarm is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Percy Marmont, and Cullen Landis.[1]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[2] through some peculiar circumstances, Sparkle Carrington becomes a penniless orphan and, while her grandparents search for her, she and another waif run a newstand together. A young crook who loves her and knows of her connections plans to destroy the papers which will identify her, marry her, and get the money. Trapped in a burning building with him, she is rescued by a fire captain who loves her, is restored to her grandparents, and marries the captain.
Cast
- Alice Calhoun as Sparkle / Mrs. Thornton
- Percy Marmont as Captain Harry Westmore
- Cullen Landis as Chaser
- Joseph Kilgour as Silas Carrington
- Maxine Elliott Hicks as Aggie
- George C. Pearce as Mr. Tilwell
- Kitty Bradbury as Mrs. Tilwell
- J. Gunnis Davis as Springer
- Jeanne Carpenter as Susan
- May Foster as Mrs. Berg
- Fred Behrle as Bill
References
- ^ Munden, Kenneth White (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 508. ISBN 0520209699.
- ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: The Midnight Alarm". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 30. April 19, 1924. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- The Midnight Alarm at IMDb
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Films directed by David Smith
- The Woman in the Web (1918)
- The Changing Woman (1918)
- Baree, Son of Kazan (1918)
- The Dawn of Understanding (1918)
- The Enchanted Barn (1919)
- The Wishing Ring Man (1919)
- A Yankee Princess (1919)
- Over the Garden Wall (1919)
- Cupid Forecloses (1919)
- A Fighting Colleen (1919)
- The Little Boss (1919)
- Pegeen (1920)
- The Courage of Marge O'Doone (1920)
- Black Beauty (1921)
- Flower of the North (1921)
- A Guilty Conscience (1921)
- The Little Minister (1922)
- The Angel of Crooked Street (1922)
- My Wild Irish Rose (1922)
- The Ninety and Nine (1922)
- A Girl's Desire (1922)
- The Man from Brodney's (1923)
- Masters of Men (1923)
- Pioneer Trails (1923)
- The Midnight Alarm (1923)
- My Man (1924)
- Code of the Wilderness (1924)
- Captain Blood (1924)
- Baree, Son of Kazan (1925)
- Steele of the Royal Mounted (1925)
- Pampered Youth (1925)
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