en Flowing Gold (1924 film)

Flowing Gold
Flowing Gold
	Lobby card
Directed by	Joseph De Grasse
Written by	Richard Walton Tully
Based on	Flowing Gold; 1922 novel; by Rex Beach
Starring	Anna Q. Nilsson; Milton Sills; Alice Calhoun
Cinematography	Roy Carpenter; Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Production; company	Richard Walton Tully Productions
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	March 1, 1924;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Flowing Gold is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, and Alice Calhoun. The film's plot concerns the Texas oil industry.^[1]

Plot

Flowing Gold (1924)

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] ex-soldier Calvin Gray arrives in the Texas oil fields and meets the newly rich Briskow family. He soon becomes involved in a medley of adventures, including saving the Briscows from business ruin, rescuing the son Buddy from a foolish marriage, revenging himself on a perjured officer who had caused his dismissal from military service, and winning the love of Allegheny Briskow. When a downpour causes a flood with burning oil floating on the waters, and lightning hitting a gusher well, Allegheny is able to rescue her sweetheart.

Cast

Anna Q. Nilsson as Allegheny Briskow
Milton Sills as Calvin Gray
Alice Calhoun as Barbara Parker
Crauford Kent as Henry Nelson
John Roche as Buddy Briskow
Cissy Fitzgerald as The Suicide Blonde
Josephine Crowell as Ma Briskow
Bert Woodruff as Pa Briskow
Charles Sellon as Tom Parker

Preservation

A print of Flowing Gold was discovered in the Czech Film Archive,^[3] and in 2020 the National Film Preservation Foundation issued a grant to the San Francisco Silent Film Festival for the restoration of the film.^[4]

References

^ Storey & Kelley, p. 253.
^ Pardy, George T. (March 8, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Flowing Gold". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved September 22, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "47 Orphan Films To Be Preserved with Federal Grants". Moving Image Archive News. October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
^ "2020 Federal Grants". National Film Preservation Foundation. Retrieved September 22, 2022.

Bibliography

John Woodrow Storey & Mary L. Kelley. Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History. University of North Texas Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-574-41245-1