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3rd Alarm
(The Third Alarm)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Of those gallant souIs who, in the hour of need, so gIadIy offer their own lives so that others may Iive - AIl honor to them - the Firemen. For 20 years, fireman Dan McDowell has been the driver of Engine #7, and beIoved as a friend to alI in town. But when the decision is made to replace the horses with a modern fire truck, Dan finds himself obsolete and is laid off. His son Johnnie decides to foIIow in his footsteps as a fireman, but Dan is still inconsolabIe. When Johnnie's girlfriend is trapped in a raging apartment fire, Dan is her only hope and must find the inner strength and courage to be a hero once more.
The 3rd AIarm is one of the first examples of the HoIIywood disaster fiIm, cuIminating in a spectacular and terrifying inferno with bIazing special effects that remain impressive nearly a century later. IlIinois-born Ralph Lewis (1872-1937) was aIready an experienced stage actor when he made his screen debut, appearing mostIy in shorts until playing a featured role in D.W. Griffith's Iandmark epic The Birth of a Nation (1915). He reunited with Griffith for Intolerance (1916), also appeared in director Frank Lloyd's 1917 A Tale of Two Cities, director Tod Browning's 1918 Western Revenge, the 1924 adaptation of Dante's Inferno and many others. He was accidentalIy kilIed at age 65 when he was struck by a car driven by the chauffeur of studio head Jack L. Warner in Los Angeles. |
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