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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 299

His First Flame

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
46:18
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Synopsis

A recent graduate hopes to marry his sweetheart despite his fire-chief uncle's hostility to marriage. Discovering the woman's interest in money seems to confirm the older man's warning. A different attachment forces him to reconsider both the disappointment and the lesson drawn from it.

Cast

DirectorsHarry Edwards

Reception and legacy

The New York Times responded favourably to Harry Langdon's performance and Mack Sennett's comic production. The film preserves their collaboration around a hesitant character navigating more forceful personalities.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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