Film

The Sacred Flame

1929 · 1h 5m · Drama · Romance · War

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.

Pauline Frederick

Mrs. Taylor

William Courtenay

Major Laconda

Conrad Nagel

Col. Maurice Taylor

Lila Lee

Stella Taylor

Walter Byron

Colin Taylor

Dale Fuller

Nurse Wayland

Alec B. Francis

Dr. Harvester

• Archie MayoDirector
• Harvey F. ThewScreenplay
• James Van TreesDirector of Photography

Release date

November 24, 1929

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War