The Fire Brigade

{{short description|1926 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fire Brigade | image = File:The Fire Brigade.jpg | caption = | director = William Nigh | story = Kate Corbaley | writer = Robert N. Lee (adaptation)<br>Lotta Woods (titles) | narrator = | starring = May McAvoy<br>Charles Ray | music = | cinematography = John Arnold | editing = Harry L. Decker | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1926|12|20}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent<br>English intertitles | budget = $249,556<ref>{{cite book|last=Schatz|first=Thomas |title=The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era|year=1988|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=0-394-53979-6|page=41}}</ref> }}

'''''The Fire Brigade''''' (also known as '''''Fire!''''') is 1926 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh.<ref>{{cite book|last=Klepper|first=Robert K. |title=Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies|year=1999|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-786-40595-3|page=452}}</ref> The film stars May McAvoy and Charles Ray.<ref>{{cite book|last=Butler|first=Ivan|title=Silent Magic: Rediscovering The Silent Film Era|year=1988|publisher=Ungar|isbn=0-804-42078-5|page=133}}</ref> ''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.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FireBrigade1926.html ''The Fire Brigade'' SilentEra database]</ref> [[File:The Fire Brigade ad in Exhibitor's Herald The Independent Film Trade Paper (weekly, September 18, 1926 to December 11, 1926) - Internet Archive - exhibitorsherald27unse (page 1384 crop).jpg|thumb|359x359px|The Fire Brigade ad in ''Exhibitors Herald'', 1926]] The producers of the film contributed 25 per cent of the film's receipts toward a college for the instruction of fire-fighting officers.<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9503E6D61131EE32A25752C2A9649D946795D6CF Movie review], ''The New York Times''</ref>

==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

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|The Fire Brigade}} *{{IMDb title|0016874}} *{{YouTube|a46tD6sjD58|Early Technicolor discoveries from the BFI National Archive}} (''The Fire Brigade'' clip starts at 0:19)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fire Brigade, The}} Category:1926 films Category:1926 drama films Category:1926 American films Category:1920s color films Category:1926 English-language films Category:American disaster films Category:American silent feature films Category:Films about firefighting Category:Films about Irish-American culture Category:Films directed by William Nigh Category:Films shot in Los Angeles Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Category:American silent drama films Category:Silent films in color Category:Surviving American silent films