'Blue Blazes' Rawden
About 'Blue Blazes' Rawden
Lumberjack Blue Blazes Rawden fights dance-hall owner Ladyfingers Hilgard over Babette DuFresne. Hilgard is killed. Hilgard's mother and younger brother Eric arrive in the logging town. Rawden tells them Hilgard was liked and died of natural causes. Eric learns otherwise and comes after Rawden with a gun.
Cast & crew
More about 'Blue Blazes' Rawden
William S. Hart directed and plays Rawden. J. G. Hawks wrote it. Thomas H. Ince produced. Joseph H. August photographed it. Paramount released it on 1 February 1918. It runs 65 minutes. Maude George plays Babette. Robert McKim plays Hilgard. Gertrude Claire, Robert Gordon, and Jack Hoxie are billed.
Themes
Look
Joseph H. August photographed the logging town and the dance hall.
Preservation
A surviving print is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The lie Rawden tells the mother is that her son died well liked, not in the fight.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive.
- The English Wikipedia says prints survive in more than one viewing format.
Scenes
- Rawden tells Hilgard's mother a softer death than the one in the dance hall.
- Eric, once he knows, comes looking for Rawden.
Also available
- Internet Archive (BlueBlazesRawden)
