The Magic Flame

1927 film by Henry King

The Magic Flame

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Directed by| Henry King
Written by| George Marion, Jr. (titles)
June Mathis (continuity)
Bess Meredyth (writer)
Nellie Revell (titles)
Based on| König Harlekin
by Rudolph Lothar
Produced by| Samuel Goldwyn
Starring| Ronald Colman
Vilma Bánky
Cinematography| George Barnes
Music by| Sigmund Spaeth

Production
company

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Distributed by| United Artists

Release date

* September 18, 1927 (1927-09-18) (U.S.)

Running time

| 9 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

The Magic Flame is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Henry King, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1900 play Konig Harlekin by Rudolph Lothar.[1] George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work in The Magic Flame, The Devil Dancer, and Sadie Thompson.[2] The film promoted itself as the Romeo and Juliet of the circus upon its release.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Ronald Colman as Tito the Clown
* Vilma Bánky as Bianca, the acrobat
* Agostino Borgato as The Ringmaster
* Gustav von Seyffertitz as The Chancellor
* Harvey Clark as The Aide
* Shirley Palmer as The Wife
* Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as The Husband
* George Davis as The Utility Man
* André Cheron as The Manager
* Vadim Uraneff as The Visitor
* Meurnier-Surcouf as Sword Swallower
* Raoul Paoli as Weight Thrower
* William Bakewell
* Lucille Ballart
* Austen Jewell

## Preservation

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The Magic Flame is now considered to be a lost film.[3] The first five reels are rumored to exist at the George Eastman House, though this is disputed.[4][5]

## See also

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* List of lost films
* List of incomplete or partially lost films

## References

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1. ^ Shilling, Donovan A. (September 1, 2013). Rochester's Movie Mania. Pancoast Publishing. p. 187\. ISBN 9780982109045.
2. ^ "The 1st Academy Awards (1929) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Magic Flame at silentera.com
4. ^ Vilma Banky: Hungarian Rhapsody
5. ^ Schildgen, Rachel A. (2010). More Than a Dream: Rediscovering the Life and Films of Vilma Bánky. 1921 PVG Publishing. p. 167\. ISBN 978-0982770924. Retrieved March 5, 2013. "... in the past, scholars have said the first five reels were housed at the George Eastman House in New York. Further inquiries have turned up little, and it is safe to assume the film is gone for good."

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Magic Flame.

* The Magic Flame at IMDb
* The Magic Flame at the TCM Movie Database
* Stills at silenthollywood.com

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* Joy and the Dragon (1916)
* Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
* Pay Dirt (1916)
* Shadows and Sunshine (1916)
* The Climber (1917)
* The Mate of the Sally Ann (1917)
* Twin Kiddies (1917)
* Told at Twilight (1917)
* Vengeance of the Dead (1917)
* Souls in Pawn (1917)
* Sunshine and Gold (1917)
* The Bride's Silence (1917)
* A Game of Wits (1917)
* Southern Pride (1917)
* All the World to Nothing (1918)
* Beauty and the Rogue (1918)
* Powers That Prey (1918)
* Hearts or Diamonds? (1918)
* Up Romance Road (1918)
* The Locked Heart (1918)
* Hobbs in a Hurry (1918)
* Social Briars (1918)
* Where the West Begins (1919)
* Brass Buttons (1919)
* Some Liar (1919)
* Six Feet Four (1919)
* A Sporting Chance (1919)
* This Hero Stuff (1919)
* 23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919)
* A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
* Haunting Shadows (1919)
* When a Man Rides Alone (1919)
* The White Dove (1920)
* Uncharted Channels (1920)
* One Hour Before Dawn (1920)
* Help Wanted – Male (1920)
* Dice of Destiny (1920)
* The Mistress of Shenstone (1921)
* When We Were 21 (1921)
* The Sting of the Lash (1921)
* Salvage (1921)
* Tol'able David (1921)
* The Bond Boy (1922)
* The Seventh Day (1922)
* Sonny (1922)
* Fury (1923)
* The White Sister (1923)
* Romola (1924)
* Sackcloth and Scarlet (1925)
* Any Woman (1925)
* Stella Dallas (1925)
* The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
* Partners Again (1926)
* The Magic Flame (1927)
* The Woman Disputed (1928)
* She Goes to War (1929)
* Hell Harbor (1930)
* The Eyes of the World (1930)
* Lightnin' (1930)
* Merely Mary Ann (1931)
* Over the Hill (1931)
* The Woman in Room 13 (1932)
* State Fair (1933)
* I Loved You Wednesday (1933)
* Carolina (1934)
* Marie Galante (1934)
* One More Spring (1935)
* Way Down East (1935)
* The Country Doctor (1936)
* Ramona (1936)
* Lloyd's of London (1936)
* Seventh Heaven (1937)
* In Old Chicago (1938)
* Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
* Jesse James (1939)
* Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
* Little Old New York (1940)
* Maryland (1940)
* Chad Hanna (1940)
* A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
* Remember the Day (1941)
* The Black Swan (1942)
* The Song of Bernadette (1943)
* Wilson (1944)
* A Bell for Adano (1945)
* Margie (1946)
* Captain from Castile (1947)
* Deep Waters (1948)
* Prince of Foxes (1948)
* Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
* The Gunfighter (1950)
* I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
* David and Bathsheba (1951)
* Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
* O. Henry's Full House (1952)
* The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
* King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
* Untamed (1955)
* Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
* Carousel (1956)
* The Sun Also Rises (1957)
* The Bravados (1958)
* This Earth Is Mine (1959)
* Beloved Infidel (1959)
* Tender Is the Night (1962)

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Films produced by Samuel Goldwyn

* The Pest (1919)
* Slave of Desire (1923)
* Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
* The Eternal City (1923)
* Cytherea (1924)
* In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924)
* A Thief in Paradise (1925)
* His Supreme Moment (1925)
* The Dark Angel (1925)
* Stella Dallas (1925)
* The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
* Partners Again (1926)
* The Night of Love (1927)
* The Magic Flame (1927)
* The Devil Dancer (1927)
* Two Lovers (1928)
* The Awakening (1928)
* Condemned (1929)
* The Rescue (1929)
* This Is Heaven (1929)
* Bulldog Drummond (1929)
* Raffles (1930)
* Whoopee! (1930)
* The Devil to Pay! (1930)
* One Heavenly Night (1931)
* Street Scene (1931)
* Palmy Days (1931)
* The Unholy Garden (1931)
* Arrowsmith (1931)
* Tonight or Never (1931)
* The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
* The Kid from Spain (1932)
* Cynara (1932)
* The Masquerader (1933)
* Roman Scandals (1933)
* We Live Again (1934)
* Nana (1934)
* Kid Millions (1934)
* The Dark Angel (1935)
* The Wedding Night (1935)
* Barbary Coast (1935)
* Splendor (1935)
* These Three (1936)
* Dodsworth (1936)
* Come and Get It (1936)
* Strike Me Pink (1936)
* Beloved Enemy (1936)
* Woman Chases Man (1937)
* Stella Dallas (1937)
* Dead End (1937)
* The Hurricane (1937)
* The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
* The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
* The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
* They Shall Have Music (1939)
* Wuthering Heights (1939)
* The Real Glory (1939)
* The Westerner (1940)
* The Little Foxes (1941)
* Ball of Fire (1941)
* The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
* They Got Me Covered (1943)
* The North Star (1943)
* Up in Arms (1944)
* The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
* Wonder Man (1945)
* The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)
* The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
* The Bishop's Wife (1947)
* The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
* A Song Is Born (1948)
* Enchantment (1948)
* Roseanna McCoy (1949)
* My Foolish Heart (1949)
* Our Very Own (1950)
* Edge of Doom (1950)
* I Want You (1951)
* Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
* Guys and Dolls (1955)
* Porgy and Bess (1959)

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William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Characters|

* Romeo
* Juliet
* Mercutio
* Tybalt
* Benvolio
* Friar Laurence
* Nurse
* Paris
* Rosaline
* Queen Mab

Sources|

* The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet
* Pyramus and Thisbe
* Palace of Pleasure
* Troilus and Criseyde
* Ephesiaca

Ballets|

* Romeo and Juliet (1938, Prokofiev)
* Romeo and Juliet (1962, Cranko)
* Romeo and Juliet (1965, MacMillan)
* Romeo and Juliet (1977, Nureyev)
* Romeo and Juliet (1965, Lavery)
* Radio and Juliet (2005)
* Romeo + Juliet (2007, Martins)
* Romeo and Juliet (2008, Pastor)

Operas|

* Romeo und Julie (1776, Benda)
* Giulietta e Romeo (1796, Zingarelli)
* Giulietta e Romeo (1825, Vaccai)
* I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830, Bellini)
* Gloria (1874, Cilea)
* Roméo et Juliette (1867, Gounod)
* A Village Romeo and Juliet (1907, Delius)
* Romeo und Julia (1940, Sutermeister)
* Romeo und Julia (1943, Blacher)

Musicals|

* The Belle of Mayfair (1906)
* West Side Story (1957)
* Once on This Island (1990)
* Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour (2001)
* Giulietta e Romeo (2007)
* & Juliet (2019)

Classical|

* Beethoven's String Quartet No. 1 (c. 1800)
* Roméo et Juliette (1839, Berlioz)
* Romeo and Juliet (1870, Tchaikovsky)

On screen|

| Films|

* 1900
* 1908
* 1916 Metro
* 1916 Fox
* 1936
* 1940
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1964
* 1967 (TV)
* 1968
* 1978 (TV)
* 1992 (TV)
* 1996
* 2006
* 2013

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TV series|

* Ronny & Julia (2000)
* Skin (2003)
* Romeo × Juliet (2007)
* Romeo y Julieta (2007)
* Harina de otro costal (2010)
* Star-Crossed (2014)
* Romil & Jugal (2017)
* Still Star-Crossed (2017)
* A Infância de Romeu e Julieta (2023)

Plays|

* Romanoff and Juliet (1956)
* People's Romeo (2010)
* Romeo and Juliet (2013)

Songs|

* "Montagues and Capulets" (1935)
* "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (1968)
* "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1976)
* "Angelo" (1978)
* "Romeo and Juliet" (1978)
* "Romeo and Juliet" (1981)
* "Cherish" (1989)
* "Amor Prohibido" (1994)
* "Kissing You" (1996)
* "Starcrossed" (2004)
* "Peut-être toi" (2006)
* "Mademoiselle Juliette" (2007)
* "Love Story" (2008)
* "Love Me Again" (2013)

Albums|

* Romeo and Juliet (1968)
* Romeo + Juliet (1996)
* Romeo & Julia (2006)
* Tragic Lovers (2008)
* Star-Crossed (2021)
* Rosaline (2022)

Literature|

* Les Chouans (1829)
* The Wandering Jew (1844)
* The Stolen Dormouse (1941)
* The Faraway Lurs (1963)
* The Destruction of Faena (1989)
* Ronny & Julia (1995)
* Romiette and Julio (2001)
* New Moon (2006)
* Warm Bodies (2010)

Art|

* Romeo and Juliet: the Tomb Scene (1790)
* Juliet and her Nurse (1836)
* Romeo and Juliet (1978)

Phrases|

* A plague o' both your houses!
* A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
* Star-crossed

Story within
a story|

* Nicholas Nickleby
* 1912 film
* 1947 film
* 1980 play
* 2001 film
* 2002 film
* The Picture of Dorian Gray
* 1910 film
* 1913 film
* 1915 film
* 1916 film
* 1917 German film
* 1917 Hungarian film
* 1945 film
* 1976 TV special
* 2009 film
* Harlequinade
* W Juliet
* "Nothing Broken but My Heart"
* Panic Button
* Bare: A Pop Opera
* Bolji život
* The Sky Is Everywhere
* Pay as You Exit
* The White Mercedes
* She Died a Lady
* "Moonshine River"
* Rendez-vous
* Fame
* "I Am Unicorn"
* The Frog Prince
* Molly
* Smart Girls Get What They Want
* Tumbleweeds
* "The Thief of Baghead"
* The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
* Prince Charming
* Km. 0
* Phileine Says Sorry
* Hamateur Night
* "Say You'll Be Mine"
* Into the Gauntlet
* Wandering Son
* K-On!

Other|

* Such Tweet Sorrow
* Romeo and Juliet effect
* Romeo and Juliet laws
* After Juliet
* "Upper West Side Story" (2012)
* Millennium Dome Show
* Inge Sylten and Heinz Drosihn
* Boys Don't Cry
* My Wedding and Other Secrets
* Donkey in Lahore
* Upside Down
* Letters to Juliet
* Sherlock Gnomes
* Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo

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