The Flames of Wrath

The Flames of Wrath
Directed byMaria P. Williams
Written bySamuel Ellison
Produced byMaria P. Williams
StarringMaria P. Williams
Frank Colbert
John Burton
Roxie Mankins
Charles Pearson
Production
company
Western Film Booking Company
Release date
  • 1923 (1923)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film

The Flames of Wrath, is a 1923 American black-and-white silent crime drama film directed and produced by Maria P. Williams.[1] The film stars Maria P. Williams and Frank Colbert in the lead roles. John Burton, Roxie Mankins and Charles Pearson have supporting roles.[2] The film also the first film ever produced by an African-American woman.[3] This is Williams' first and only film.[4] The film begins with the murder and robbing of P.C. Gordon and one thief, C. Dates, is arrested. But he escapes prison and searches for the ring he buried. The story moves with searching of ring and the catching of Dates by prosecutor.[3]

The film consisting of five reels. The film reel was considered lost for decades until the UCLA Young Research Library obtained a single frame of the movie in the acquisition of George P. Johnson‘s papers in 1992. Then the film was released in 1923.[3][5]

  1. ^ "Maria P. Williams – Women Film Pioneers Project". Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  2. ^ "Washed away: lost films by female directors". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  3. ^ a b c "'Flames of Wrath' and the Pioneering African-American Women of Silent Cinema". Film School Rejects. 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  4. ^ "A Spotlight on Female African American Filmmakers of Early Cinema (1916-1928)". The Cinephiliac. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  5. ^ "AFI: Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2021-10-06.