• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
San Francisco Silent Film Festival

San Francisco Silent Film Festival

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about silent film as an art form and as a culturally valuable historical record.

MENUMENU
  • Events
    • Events

      December 2 A Day of Silents

    • Live Music

      Musicians
      Learn about our incredible musical partners

  • Support
    • SUPPORT SFSFF
    • Become a Member
    • Donate
    • SFSFF Preservation Fund
    • Grantors and Sponsors
    • Volunteer
  • Preservation
    • SFSFF Preservation

      SFSFF Preservation restores and preserves silent era films

      • The SFSFF Collection
      • Support Preservation
      • Film Loans
  • Library
    • Library

      • Browse the LibraryRead program articles from past SFSFF events
      • Our MusiciansLearn about SFSFF’s incredible musicians
      • Screening RoomWatch videos from SFSFF Preservation and past live events
      • Event ArchiveExplore past SFSFF events
Sign In Become a Member
Sign In
SFSFF Collection

Flowing Gold

Directed by Joseph De Grasse
96 min. | 1924 | United States
Borrow Title
Available Formats 35mm, DCP

About the Film

Based on the novel by one-time prospector and Olympic medal winner Rex Beach, Flowing Gold depicts a homesteading family who strike it rich in the North Texas oil boom. Rousing sequences—including terrifying thunderstorms and a massive oil fire—dazzle in this new tinted and toned restoration. The detailed sets are contemporaneous representations of the oil rigs of the time—industrial behemoths that create instantly recognizable Texan vistas. Flowing Gold is Joseph de Grasse’s penultimate film as director, coming at the end of a prolific career in silent cinema.

About the Restoration

The only extant elements related to this film were inspected at the Czech National Film Archive (Národní Filmový Archiv) in 2016. The film features numerous instances of tinting, including a spectacular bright red tint used to highlight a thrilling fire sequence. To the best of our knowledge, this film has not been screened in any capacity since the silent era. This restoration was made possible with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Restoration Partner

Národní Filmový Archiv

Details

Director
Joseph De Grasse
Country
United States
Year
1924
Runtime
96 min.
Cast
Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, Alice Calhoun
Production Company
First National Pictures
FPS
22
Intertitle Language
English
Year Added to SFSFF Collection
2023

Image Gallery

Download

Footer

How can we help?

info@silentfilm.org 415-777-4908
MENUMENU
  • WRAPPER
        • True Art Transcends Time

        • ABOUT

        • About Us
        • Press
        • Resources
        • SOCIAL

        • Facebook
        • Twitter
        • Instagram
        • Subscribe

        • Photos by Pamela Gentile and Tommy Lau.
          Copyright © 2019 San Francisco Silent Film Festival Privacy Terms