The Song of the Flame

The Song of the Flame (1930)

25 May 1930 • Musical, Romance • 1h 36m

This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process).

Alan Crosland
Director
Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto A. Harbach, Gordon Rigby
Writer
Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery
Starring

Language: English
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
Country: United States
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5.1

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