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The Blue Flame (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Blue Flame (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Edward Collins is the head of the "Crime Syndicate." He is an attractive and clever rascal. He happens in front of the post office when Etta Garvey turns her ankle while stepping from her limousine, and seizing the opportunity, intrudes ...See moreEdward Collins is the head of the "Crime Syndicate." He is an attractive and clever rascal. He happens in front of the post office when Etta Garvey turns her ankle while stepping from her limousine, and seizing the opportunity, intrudes his acquaintance upon her. He gives her his card as "Edward Collins, Broker," and notes the number of her automobile, which he identifies later as belonging to George Garvey, a wealthy and influential jeweler. Etta returns home and relates the incident. She has been impressed by the appearance of Collins and persuades her mother to call him on the telephone and thank him for his courtesy to her daughter. Collins cleverly follows this up and soon becomes a staunch friend of the family. Harry Garvey, the wayward son and junior member of the firm, has met through an intrigue of Collins, a beautiful, auburn-haired confederate of the thieves, named Georgia Wells. His conduct with her is becoming notorious and embarrasses his family, especially his sister, Etta. Collins determines to pull off a robbery and manages to introduce Nell Wade into the Garvey home as a maid. Her father, "Buck" Wade, is a hoary-headed old rascal, who was implicated in the so-called "Marshall mystery," in which a murder was committed. Nell is compelled to participate in the criminal acts of the "Crime Syndicate" by threats on the part of Collins that he will expose her father to a term in the penitentiary unless she consents. Nell loves her father and to save him from jail enters into the plot. Nell falls in love with Harry and her heart is loyal, notwithstanding his escapades with Georgia Wells. A big shipment of diamonds is announced at the dinner table, and Nell transmits this information to Collins through a private box in the post-office. In the meantime, Collins proposes to Etta and is accepted as her fiancé. A brilliant ball is then arranged in honor of their engagement. Through the cleverness of Collins, the date of the ball is set upon the day when the shipment of diamonds is to arrive. The plot for stealing the diamonds is concocted at a meeting in Collins' office. Each one of the confederates is supplied with an electric pocket light in which has been placed a special blue lens, so that a blue flame will be thrown by the lamp and the conspirators can distinguish each other in this way in the darkness. The diamonds are duly delivered by a special messenger, who is escorted by two detectives. Unknown to them, they are shadowed by Dick Little, secret service operative. The diamonds are placed in the safe in the store, and "Buck" Wade, who is watching from the window across the street, signals the news. Dick Little notes the flash of the signal and proceeds to investigate. George Garvey places the wallet containing the diamonds in his inside vest pocket and goes home, accompanied by Harry. They are followed by one of the conspirators, who is shadowed by Dick Little. That night, Nell carefully watches George Garvey in order to ascertain what disposition he makes of the wallet containing the diamonds. Among the guests at the ball is Dick Little, secret service man, uninvited, yet unnoticed. The crime confederates secretly enter the house and upon a signal the lights in the ballroom go out. There are three different flashes with blue flames, a pistol shot, and when the lights are turned on again George Garvey stands astounded, vest open and wallet gone. Lying on the floor at Etta's feet is Collins, dead, with a bullet in his heart and a pistol at his side. The police arrive and proceed to make an investigation. The escapades and dissolute habits of Harry cause him to be subjected to a thorough questioning by the police. Nell is questioned, together with the other members of the household, but no suspicion is attached to her. Special detectives are called in and they discover a flashlight with a blue lens in the alley. Georgia Wells has disappeared, and the police can find no trace of her. They have christened the Garvey diamond robbery "The Blue Flame." Dick Little has been on the job from the beginning. He has traced the purchasing place of the electric pocket lights and found out about the change of the regular lens to the blue lens. A photograph of Collins has been identified as that of the man who purchased the electric pocket lights. Step by step the investigation proceeds and Georgia Wells and the other confederates are traced until located in a western city. They write to Nell Wade, accusing her and "Buck Wade," her father, with a misappropriation of the diamonds. The diamonds have disappeared, and it is evident to the investigators that neither of the thieves has them in his possession. Suspicion falls upon Nell Wade through the interception of letters sent her by the other members of the gang. Nell is prevailed upon by Dick Little, who promises to shield her if she will tell the truth, to give the facts in connection with the robbery so far as she knows them. She states that somebody handed her the wallet containing the diamonds, which she passed on to another party, which she was sure was Collins. In flashing the blue flame from her lamp in Collins' face, she noticed that he had his revolver pointed at Harry Garvey, and was about to shoot. She seized his arm, struggled with him a moment and diverted the bullet. Dick Little throws off his disguise as the butler, and introduces himself as a secret service operative. He explains how he had shadowed the conspirators to the house, entered the ballroom and when Nell passed the wallet to Collins he intercepted it. The whole mystery is then explained. In the dim corner of the room Nell and Harry exchange love pledges, while the moonlight beams silhouette their profiles in a shining blue flame. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

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Guy Oliver Dick Little Dick Little See fewer	Only the Brave (1930)
Stella Razeto Nell Wade Nell Wade See fewer	Memories (1914)
Fred Huntley Buck Wade - Nell's Father Buck Wade - Nell's Father See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Jack McDonald Actor Actor See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Palmer Bowman Actor Actor See fewer	Some Honeymoon (1916)
Gertrude Ryan Actress Actress See fewer	Snowdrift (1923)
Miss Daggert Actress Actress See fewer	The Blue Flame (1914)