Hell's Hinges

Hell's Hinges

"Hell's Hinges" is a 1916 western silent motion picture starring William S. Hart, Clara Williams, and Jack Standing.

Directed by Charles Swickard, William S. Hart and Clifford Smith, and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.

The film reamains one of Hart's most famous and highly regarded, due to his brooding performance and impressive cinematography, particulary the cinematic grandeur of the town's fiery end. In 1994, "Hell's Hinges" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Credited cast

*William S. Hart ... Blaze Tracy
*Clara Williams ... Faith Henley
*Jack Standing ... Rev. Robert "Bob" Henley
*Alfred Hollingsworth ... Silk Miller
*Robert McKim ... A clergyman
*J. Frank Burke ... Zeb Taylor
*Louise Glaum ... Dolly (dance-hall girl)

Others in cast

*John Gilbert ... A rowdy cowboy (uncredited)
*Jean Hersholt ... A rowdy townsman (uncredited)

ynopsis

"Hell's Hinges" tells the story of a minister, Rev. Bob Henley (played by Standing), who comes to a gunfighter-plagued town with his sister, Faith (played by Williams). The owner of the saloon, Silk Miller (played by Hollingsworth), and his accomplices sense trouble and hire gunman Blaze Tracy (played by Hart), the most dangerous man around, to run the minister out of town.

Rev. Henley is seduced by the dance-hall girl, Dolly (played by Glaum), and falls from grace as his sister, Faith, rehabilitates Blaze Tracey, who finds something special in her, and soon Miller and the others have Blaze to deal with.

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External links

*imdb title|id=0006780|title=Hell's Hinges


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