A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Flirting with Death
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Elmer Clifton

Cast: Herbert Rawlinson [‘Sky High’ Billy Wardwell], Brownie Vernon (Agnes Vernon) [Jane Higginbotham], Frank MacQuarrie [‘Domino’ Dominick], Mark Fenton [Dave Higginbotham], Doc Crane [Ed Warmbath], ‘Red’ Unger (Fred Unger) [Murphy]

Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, production; distributed by Bluebird Photoplays, Incorporated, through The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Waldemar Young, from a screen story by Waldemar Young. / Released 18 September 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Circuses

Listing updated: 26 October 2022.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 27 : Website-IMDb.