Fires of Rebellion

Fires of Rebellion

50 mins | Drama | July 2, 1917

Madge Garvey (Dorothy Phillips) works in a shoe factory. Her father Joe (Richard de la Reno) is a drunk who beats his wife (Alice May Youss), and her sister Helen (Belle Bennett) has repeated the pattern by marrying Dan Mallory (Edward Brady). The new foreman, John Blake (William Stowell), fires Mallory. Mallory attacks him, but because of his alcohol abuse, his heart gives out and he dies. Blake asks Joe for Madge's hand, and he accepts for her. Madge longs for something better, when Cora, a former stenographer from the company (Golda Madden), writes her from the big city.

Fires of Rebellion

50 mins | Drama | July 2, 1917

Fires of Rebellion
Madge Garvey (Dorothy Phillips) works in a shoe factory. Her father Joe (Richard de la Reno) is a drunk who beats his wife (Alice May Youss), and her sister Helen (Belle Bennett) has repeated the pattern by marrying Dan Mallory (Edward Brady). The new foreman, John Blake (William Stowell), fires Mallory. Mallory attacks him, but because of his alcohol abuse, his heart gives out and he dies. Blake asks Joe for Madge's hand, and he accepts for her. Madge longs for something better, when Cora, a former stenographer from the company (Golda Madden), writes her from the big city.
Producers Bluebird Photoplays
Original title Fires of Rebellion
Directors Ida May Park
Writers Ida May Park

Cast

Dorothy Phillips

as Madge Garvey

William Stowell

as John Blake

Lon Chaney

as Russell Hanlon

Belle Bennett

as Helen Mallory

Golda Madden

as Cora Hayes

Alice May Youse

as Mrs. Garvey

Ed Brady

as Dan Mallory

Dick La Reno

as Joe Garvey (as Richard La Reno)