A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Burn ’em Up Barnes
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5600 feet
Directed by George André Beranger (André Beranger) and Johnny Hines

Cast: Johnny Hines [‘Burn ’em Up’ Barnes], Edmund Breese [‘King’ Cole], George Fawcett [an eccentric tramp], Betty Carpenter [Madge Thompson], J. Barney Sherry [Whitney Barnes], Matthew Betts [?] (Mathew Betz)? [Ed Scott], Richard Thorpe [Stephen Thompson], Julia Swayne Gordon [Mrs. Whitney Barnes], Dorothy Leeds [Betty Scott], Harry Fraser [Francis Jones], ‘Billy Boy’ Swinton [the baby]

Mastodon Films production; distributed by Affiliated Distributors’ Corporation. / Produced by C.C. Burr. Scenario by Raymond L. Schrock. Cinematography by Ted Beasley, Hal Young and Ned Van Buren. Presented by C.C. Burr. / No copyright registration. Released 1 August 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children - Races: Automobile - Rescues - Train tracks - Transportation: Automobiles, Trains

Listing updated: 3 October 2014.

References: Kerr-Silent pp. 288, 290; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 119, 121; Limbacher-Feature p. 34 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.