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The working titles for this film were Two Little Wooden Shoes and Wooden Shoes. Although contemporary sources state that the story of this film is "Two Wooden Shoes" brought up to date, the film and the original story bear little resemblance to one another. The film was also reviewed under the title The Flame of Youth. ...

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The working titles for this film were Two Little Wooden Shoes and Wooden Shoes. Although contemporary sources state that the story of this film is "Two Wooden Shoes" brought up to date, the film and the original story bear little resemblance to one another. The film was also reviewed under the title The Flame of Youth.

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
LOCATION
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
ETR
11 Dec 1920
p. IX
ETR
18 Dec 1920
p. 194
MPN
2 Oct 1920
p. 2665
MPN
22 Feb 1919
p. 1182
MPN
18 Dec 1920
p. 4681
MPW
18 Dec 1920
p. 912
Wid's
12 Dec 1920
p. 10
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Howard M. Mitchell
Dir
PRODUCER
WRITERS
Barbara LaMarr Deely
Adpt
PHOTOGRAPHY
DETAILS
Alternate Titles:
The Flame of Youth
Two Little Wooden Shoes
Wooden Shoes
Release Date:
5 December 1920
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
William Fox
5 December 1920
LP15893
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in reels):
5
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Beebe, a Belgian peasant girl of rare beauty, sells flowers in the marketplace where she meets unscrupulous artist Victor Fleming. Fleming eventually succeeds in making the innocent girl love him, much to the sorrow of Jeanot, a farm boy who loves the girl. Fleming has a sweetheart, however, Lady Magda, who begs Beebe not to take Fleming from her. The artist rejects Lady Magda but leaves Beebe behind when he returns to Paris. Beebe pines for her artist lover, and later, hearing that Fleming is ill, she goes to him. Arriving at his studio in the middle of a wild orgy, Beebe's illusions are shattered. She returns home to her village and accepts the simple love of ...

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Beebe, a Belgian peasant girl of rare beauty, sells flowers in the marketplace where she meets unscrupulous artist Victor Fleming. Fleming eventually succeeds in making the innocent girl love him, much to the sorrow of Jeanot, a farm boy who loves the girl. Fleming has a sweetheart, however, Lady Magda, who begs Beebe not to take Fleming from her. The artist rejects Lady Magda but leaves Beebe behind when he returns to Paris. Beebe pines for her artist lover, and later, hearing that Fleming is ill, she goes to him. Arriving at his studio in the middle of a wild orgy, Beebe's illusions are shattered. She returns home to her village and accepts the simple love of Jeanot.

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