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Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923)
Jacqueline Roland, the daughter of a backwoodsman, meets Henri Dubois during a visit to the city, but is unresponsive to his attentions. Henri later takes charge of the lumber camp where Jacqueline lives, and is closely followed by Li Chang, who is blackmailing him to keep secret a murder he committed years earlier. The new boss is determined to win Jacqueline for himself and convinces her lover, Raoul Radon, that she no longer cares for him. When Li Chang kidnaps Jacqueline, Henri comes to claim her and an oil lamp is upset during the ensuing struggle. As the fire spreads into the forest, Jacqueline escapes with Li Ching in pursuit. She and Raoul are reunited, while Henri perishes in the blaze.
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Jacqueline Roland, the daughter of a backwoodsman, meets Henri Dubois during a visit to the city, but is unresponsive to his attentions. Henri later takes charge of the lumber camp where Jacqueline lives, and is closely followed by Li Chang, who is blackmailing him to keep secret a murder he committed years earlier. The new boss is determined to win Jacqueline for himself and convinces her lover, Raoul Radon, that she no longer cares for him. When Li Chang kidnaps Jacqueline, Henri comes to claim her and an oil lamp is upset during the ensuing struggle. As the fire spreads into the forest, Jacqueline escapes with Li Ching in pursuit. She and Raoul are reunited, while Henri perishes in the blaze.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Dorothy Farnum, Thomas F. Fallon
In Theaters:3/19/1923
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Runtime:70 minutes
Studio:pine tree pictures
Cast
Dell Henderson
Director
Marguerite Courtot
Jacqueline Roland
Helen Rowland
Jacqueline, as a child
Gus Weinberg
Her father
Effie Shannon
Her mother
Lew Cody
Raoul Radon
Edmund Breese
Edmund MacDonald
Sheldon Lewis
Henri DuBois
Joseph Depew
Raoul Radon (as a child)
Russell Griffin
Little Peter
J. Barney Sherry
His Father
Edria Fisk
His Daughter
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