The World Aflame (1919)
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Wealthy businessman Carson Burr discovers first-hand the problem of social unrest when he loses his cook and his chauffeur and he is insulted by a waiter. Burr runs for mayor to improve the labor situation and is elected. The editor of The Red Messenger organizes the streetcar drivers to begin a general strike, but Burr manages to break up the strike
- Release date
- August 17, 1919
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Frank Keenan as Carson Burr
- Kathleen Kerrigan as Mrs. Burr
- Clark Marshall as Theodore Burr
- Janice Wilson as Roxy Burr
- Bert Sprotte as Nicolai Poppoff
- Claire Du Brey as Emma Reich
- Joseph McManus as George Knox
Crew
- Ernest C. Warde · Director
- Jack Cunningham · Writer
- Frank Keenan · Writer
- Charles E. Kaufman · Cinematographer