Hell's Hinges
About Hell's Hinges
The Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in Hell's Hinges. Saloon owner Silk Miller turns the town against the new church and has dance-hall woman Dolly get the minister drunk. Gunman Blaze Tracy, hired to run Henley out, sides with Faith and clears the church. The fallen minister then helps burn the church and is killed in the fight. Blaze shoots Silk, sets the town on fire starting at the saloon, and leaves with Faith.
Cast & crew
More about Hell's Hinges
Charles Swickard, William S. Hart, and Clifford Smith directed C. Gardner Sullivan's script for Thomas H. Ince. Triangle released it on March 5, 1916.
Themes
Look
Joseph H. August photographed the film, including the church fire and the burning of the town.
Music
Victor Schertzinger is credited with the music.
Preservation
Selected for the National Film Registry in 1994.
Notes
- Hart plays Blaze Tracy. Clara Williams plays Faith. Jack Standing plays the minister. Alfred Hollingsworth plays Silk Miller. Louise Glaum plays Dolly.
- John Gilbert is an uncredited rowdy. Jean Hersholt is an uncredited townsman.
- The Library of Congress placed it on the National Film Registry in 1994.
Scenes
- Dolly gets the minister drunk, and the town hears of it the next morning.
- Blaze starts the fire at Silk Miller's saloon and burns the town.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-hells-hinges)
- Wikimedia Commons (Hell's Hinges - 1916.webm)
