Hart begins to change his ways when he meets the new preachers jack standing sister clara williams. Hell, in many religious traditions, the abode, usually beneath the earth, of the unredeemed dead or the spirits of the damned. When the two merge, hell s hinge s will never be the same. In religion and folklore, hell is an afterlife location, sometimes a place of torment and punishment. Hart, and clifford smith male deaths alfred hollingsworth silk miller, jack standing reverend robertbob henley. Hell s hinges is a war set between an amoral horde of tumbleweed flappers in a frenzied dance to the golden calf, versus a cabal of old testament fundamentalist soldiers of yahwehless than half a year before black jack pershing will lead 2,000,000 recruits onto the battlefields of france. Broncho billy anderson, but does this movie stand up to. Its going to be hotter than the hinges of hell in sacramento this weekend. Hells hinges is a 1916 american western silent film starring william s. It bears small resemblance to later hollywood formulas. When a young minister arrives in hells hinges, blaze tracey, the notorious outlaw, is transformed into goodness not by religion, but by the sight of the ministers sister, faith. Hart is famous for being the darker antihero alternative to gilbert m. An urban fantasy novel a fistful of daggers book 3.
Sophie keyes has made a mistake that might destroy the universe. The town known as hells hingesa good place to ride wide ofis a wild frontier settlement. Hart, clara williams, jack standing, alfred hollingsworth. Hells hinges is perhaps harts best film of this period. Hells hinges was filmed in september and october of 1915 and premiered the following february. The reverend robert henley is sent out to the wild west town of placer center, better known as hells hinges, with his. Gardner sullivans was released to tv in the early 1950s as part of the silentfilm retrospective series c. The poetic, largerthanlife qualities of the film are superbly complemented by writer c. In the wayward western town known as hells hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman. With a budget almost double the usual amount for a hart western, hells hinges boasted a spectacular, fiery climax. In its archaic sense, the term hell refers to the underworld, a deep pit or distant land of shadows where the dead are gathered. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Robert henley has been forced by his mother to become a clergyman although he is a weak and selfish youth unfit for the calling. Ive been looking forward to seeing a western starring william s.
Demilles 1914 version of the virginian as the most famous early western feature. But blaze finds something in faith henley that turns him around, and soon silk miller and his compadres have blaze to deal. Sandcastle pictures is proud to present our latest project hells ridge. Hell s hinges is a 1916 american western silent film starring william s. When the town burns down the church, things go from hot to hellish.
This is a very special event for bridport and the electric palace. I remember by the time i got down to the photo captioned blazes bible study i was hooked on the writing style of someone id somehow. Weve created a trailer from the original horror feature film script written by. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Milano roma treviso nomads cuneo vicenza liguria padowa eternal city savona venezia verona cremona southernland mantova pordenone rimini east beach torino city. Gardner sullivan hell s hinges has been selected for preservation in the national film registry, and is considered by some to be one of the finest silent westerns. Hart for some time now, and today i got my chance, with this famous entry from 100 years ago. Order online hell pizza home of the seven deadly sins. Hart is the stoic gunfighter who falls for the parsons sister. They hire gunman blaze tracy to run the minister out of town. The house of hades is a labyrinth of dark, cold, and joyless halls, surrounded by locked gates and guarded by the hellhound cerberus. A hardened badman is softened by the love of a preacher s sister, while the minister himself descends into madness, destroying the entire town, just as the reformed outlaw is atoning for his past. Book 3 in the a fistful of daggers series in the general audiences, mythpunk, supernatural suspense, urban fantasy genres.
Hell s hinges is a perfect example of a man attempting to exonerate his past while another man wants to erase what good he has done. But blaze finds something in faith henley that turns him around, and soon silk miller and his compadres have blaze to deal with. Bob henley jack standing, seen preaching to an assembly of adoring women, is characterised in the films intertitles as a motherdominated, weak and selfish youth. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations while religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. Hells hinges portrays a war on christianity on the 19th century frontier, in which, presumably, sympathetic audiences recognized a shadow of the war on their traditional values waged in their own days by the defenders of the saloon, the sabbath breakers, the suffragists, etc. This is a clip from hells hinges 1926, starring william s. A hardened badman is softened by the love of a preachers sister, while the minister himself descends into madness, destroying the entire town, just as the reformed outlaw is. Information from its description page there is shown below.
To protect him from the temptations of the big city, he is sent with his sister faith to the west in the wild town of hells hinges that. Into town rides a weakwilled preacher, lured by the delectable promise of saving the. From the underworld come dreams, ghosts, and demons, and in its most terrible precincts sinners paysome say eternallythe penalty for. When reverend robert henley and his sister faith arrive in the town of hells hinges, saloon owner silk miller and his cohorts sense danger to their evil ways.
Hells hinges opens with the depiction of an antihero in unique garb that of a minister. Hells hinges by david menefee pictorial featured in march 1916 issue of motion picture news. When a gunfighter gets religion, you know the apocalypse is coming. Hes a somewhat homicidal gunslinger determined to run the church right out of town. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. In the wayward western town known as hell s hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman. South of heaven, west of hells bells the hellfire series book 2 by lydia anne stevens. Hells hinges 1916 rarefilmm the cave of forgotten films. Hells hinges, harts sixth feature for ince, ranks with cecil b. One of the best, most truly authentic italian cafes in the city. Hells hinges is a searing fable of old testament wrath, not in the holy land, but in the land that god forgot.