A love triangle involving two members of a travelling circus and an aristocrat has serious consequences for all three individuals..
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"The Magic Flame" unfurls a melodramatic tapestry woven around a volatile love triangle. Within the confines of a traveling circus, a performer finds himself entangled with a fellow troupe member, their bond tested by the disruptive arrival of an aristocratic figure. This intrusion ignites a powder keg of emotions, setting in motion a chain of events where class divides and passionate jealousies converge, ultimately leading to severe repercussions that threaten to consume all three lives in its destructive wake. The narrative explores the stark contrast between the transient, raw existence of the circus and the rigid, often hypocritical world of the elite, using the romantic entanglement as a fuse.
Robert Chapman
Bess Meredyth, Nellie Revell, Rudolph Lothar, George Marion Jr.
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