{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Heart of Flame | image = | caption = | director = Tom Ricketts | producer = | writer = Marie Layet | narrator = | starring = Vivian Rich<br>David Lythgoe<br>Harry von Meter | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Mutual Film | released = {{film date|1915|3|1}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = Silent film<br>English intertitles }}
'''''Heart of Flame''''' is a 1915 American silent short drama film directed by Tom Ricketts, starring Vivian Rich,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-03-17 |title=Opera House |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=GH19150317-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |access-date=2026-01-27 |work=Greencastle Herald |pages=1}}</ref> David Lythgoe and Harry von Meter.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rainey |first=Buck |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sweethearts_of_the_Sage/BeZkAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Heart%20of%20Flame%22 |title=Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies |date=1992 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-89950-565-7 |pages=62 |language=en}}</ref>
== Plot == Keith Gordon (Lythgoe) is torn between pursuing a career as a violinist and a relationship with Zira, a local girl (Rich).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1915-04-14 |title=Amusements |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/billings-evening-journal-amusements/189942690/ |access-date=2026-01-27 |work=Billings Evening Journal |pages=3}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1915-03-19 |title=The Heart of Flame |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/republican-and-herald-the-heart-of-flame/189942791/ |access-date=2026-01-27 |work=Republican and Herald |pages=6}}</ref>
==Cast== * Vivian Rich as Zira, a mountain girl<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Motion_Picture_Story_Magazine/7_oKAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Heart+of+Flame%22+%22Vivian+Rich%22&dq=%22Heart+of+Flame%22+%22Vivian+Rich%22&printsec=frontcover |title=Motion Picture Story Magazine |date=1915 |publisher=Macfadden-Bartell. |pages=153 |language=en}}</ref> * David Lythgoe as Keith Gordon<ref name=":1" /> * Jack Richardson as Checo<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Caward |first=Neil G. |date=1915-03-06 |title=Hard to Choose Between Fame and Love |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nickelodeon/JnhJAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Heart+of+Flame%22+%22Vivian+Rich%22&pg=PA355&printsec=frontcover |journal=Nickelodeon |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=355-356 |via=Google Books}}</ref> * Charlotte Burton as Beppa<ref name=":3" /> * Louise Lester as Nita<ref name=":3" /> * Harry von Meter as Von Erzforf<ref name=":2" /> * Reeves Eason<ref name=":0" /> * William Vaughn<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0256798}}
Category:1915 films Category:1915 drama films Category:American silent drama short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1915 short films Category:Films directed by Tom Ricketts Category:1915 American films Category:1915 English-language films Category:English-language drama short films
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