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The Fire Brigade (also known as Fire!) is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh.[2] The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray.[3] The Fire Brigade originally contained sequences shot in two-color Technicolor. A print of the film is preserved in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists archives.[4]

The Fire Brigade
Directed by	William Nigh
Written by	Robert N. Lee (adaptation) Lotta Woods (titles)
Story by	Kate Corbaley
Starring	May McAvoy Charles Ray
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	Harry L. Decker
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 20, 1926 (1926-12-20)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles
Budget	$249,556[1]

The producers of the film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers.[5]

Plot

Terry O'Neil (Charles Ray) is the youngest of a group of Irish-American firefighting brothers. He courts Helen Corwin (May McAvoy), the daughter of a politician whose crooked building contracts resulted in devastating blazes.

Cast

• May McAvoy as Helen Corwin
• Charles Ray as Terry O'Neil
• Holmes Herbert as James Corwin
• Tom O'Brien as Joe O'Neil
• Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. O'Neil
• Warner Richmond as Jim O'Neil
• Bert Woodruff as Captain O'Neil
• Vivia Ogden as Bridget
• DeWitt Jennings as Fire Chief Wallace
• Dan Mason as Peg Leg Murphy
• Erwin Connelly as Thomas Wainright

See also

• List of early color feature films

References

External links

• The Fire Brigade at IMDb

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