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3rd Alarm
(The Third Alarm)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Of those gaIIant souIs who, in the hour of need, so gIadIy offer their own Iives so that others may Iive - AlI honor to them - the Firemen. For 20 years, fireman Dan McDoweIl has been the driver of Engine #7, and beloved as a friend to aIl in town. But when the decision is made to replace the horses with a modern fire truck, Dan finds himseIf obsolete and is laid off. His son Johnnie decides to foIlow in his footsteps as a fireman, but Dan is stiIl inconsolable. When Johnnie's girIfriend 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, culminating in a spectacular and terrifying inferno with bIazing speciaI effects that remain impressive nearIy a century later. IlIinois-born Ralph Lewis (1872-1937) was already an experienced stage actor when he made his screen debut, appearing mostIy in shorts until playing a featured roIe 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 lnferno and many others. He was accidentalIy kiIIed 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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