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The Flaming Forties
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5770 feet
Directed by Tom Forman

Cast: Harry Carey [Bill Jones, Tennessee’s pardner], William Norton Bailey (William Bailey) [Desparde], Jacqueline Gadsden (Jacqueline Gadsdon) [Sally], James Mason (Jim Mason) [‘Jay Bird’ Charley], Frank Norcross [Colonel Starbottle], Wilbur Higby [the sheriff]

Stellar Productions production; distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. / Personally supervised (produced) by Hunt Stromberg. Scenario by Harvey Gates, from the adaptation by Elliott J, Clawson of the short story “Tennessee’s Pardner” by Bret Harte. Art direction by Edward Withers. Cinematography by Sol Polito. Film editor, Robert De Lacy. Presented by Hunt Stromberg. / © 30 December 1924 by Stellar Productions [LP20972]. Released 21 December 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The story was previously adapted for Tennessee’s Pardner (1916); and again by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation as The Golden Princess (1925).

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 27 October 2022.

References: Jewell-RKO p. 280 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.