The Firefly of Tough Luck
Still featuring co-stars Charles Gunn
and Alma Rubens
Directed byE. Mason Hopper
Alfred L. Werker (asst.)
Screenplay byJ. G. Hawks
StarringAlma Rubens
Charles Gunn
CinematographyCharles J. Stumar
Production
company
Release date
October 21, 1917 (USA)

The Firefly of Tough Luck is an American 1917 silent film directed by E. Mason Hopper and written by J. G. Hawks. It was produced and released by the Triangle Film Corporation, and starred Alma Rubens and Charles Gunn.[1][2]

Plot

The Firefly (Rubens), a cabaret performer at one of New York City's biggest restaurants, finds herself out of work as businesses close along Broadway during World War I. She accepts a position as an entertainer in a desert mining town called Baxter Junction, where a surprise is in store for her.[3]

Starring

Production

The production was filmed at Triangle's Culver City studio as well as in the desert. Rubens and Whitman disliked working on location in the sun and heat of August, so Hopper tried to minimize time shooting outdoor scenes.[4]

Release

The film was noted as a box-office smash.[5]

Preservation

The film is now considered lost.[6]

References

  1. Motography. 1917.
  2. Rubens, Alma (June 15, 2006). Alma Rubens, Silent Snowbird: Her Complete 1930 Memoir, with a New Biography and Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786424139.
  3. "18 Nov 1917, Page 14 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  4. "26 Aug 1917, 32 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  5. "Alma Rubens: A Marked Woman | Silent Film Festival". www.silentfilm.org. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  6. American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Firefly of Tough Luck
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