Screened in 35mm! 

Promoted as “a thrilling story of flaming hearts and blazing oil wells amid the frenzy of the Texas boom days” and based on the novel by one-time prospector and Olympic medal winner Rex Beach, Flowing Gold depicts a homesteading family who strike it rich in the North Texas oil boom. Rousing sequences—including terrifying thunderstorms and a massive oil fire—dazzle in this new tinted and toned restoration. The detailed sets are contemporaneous representations of the oil rigs of the time—industrial behemoths that create instantly recognizable Texan vistas. Flowing Gold is Joseph de Grasse’s penultimate film as director, coming at the end of a prolific career in silent cinema. 

Directed by Joseph De Grasse | Starring Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, and Alice Calhoun 

With live musical accompaniment by Cliff Retallick 

35mm print provided by San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Restoration made possible with Support from the National Film Preservation Foundation 

The Silent Treatment Film Series  
Watch silent movies the way they were meant to be seen—on the big screen with live musical accompaniment! Showcasing a wide variety of early cinema in the best available formats, “The Silent Treatment” is a long-running silent movie film series curated by film archivists Brandee Cox and Steven Hill.