Fire Island is a More Inclusive Rom-com than The Thing About Harry
Fire Island is the more inclusive film of the two with the bi-phobic definition of pansexuality in The Thing About Harry and its obvious lack of colour on screen
His First Flame (1927)
Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel. All that changes, though, when it turns out Ethel is a faithless gold-digger. Disillusioned, Harry spends the night in his uncle's fire house to try and forget his troubles... until the clamor of a fire alarm presents the bumbling Harry with a chance to be a hero.
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Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel. All that changes, though, when it turns out Ethel is a faithless gold-digger. Disillusioned, Harry spends the night in his uncle's fire house to try and forget his troubles... until the clamor of a fire alarm presents the bumbling Harry with a chance to be a hero.
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Genre:Comedy
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In Theaters:5/2/1927
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Runtime:45 minutes
Studio:Mack Sennett Comedies
Cast
Harry Edwards
Director
Harry Langdon
Harry Howells
Natalie Kingston
Ethel Morgan
Ruth Hiatt
Mary Morgan
Vernon Dent
Amos McCarthy
Bud Jamison
Hector Benedict
Dot Farley
Mrs. Benedict
William McCall
President of the College
Irving Bacon
Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
Thelma Hill
Girl Who Jumps Into the Hoop Net (uncredited)
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