Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers

Date1923

Can DescriptionsTransfer of final reel of film in National Archives of Canada Collection. Synopsis from AFI catalog: Melodrama. Source: magazine story from Good Housekeeping (Aug. 1918) by James Oliver Curwood. 'Jacqueline , whom Raoul has loved since childhood, meets Henri Dubois when she visits the city but is unresponsive to his attentions. Dubois later comes as the new boss to the lumber camp where Jacqueline lives. He is closely followed by his longtime blackmailer, Li Chang. Henri convinces Raoul that Jacqueline gas transferred her affections to himself. Li Chang and Henri fight over Jacqueline and start a forest fire in the process. Raoul learns of Jacqueline's plight and searches for her unsuccessfully - she was rescued by her father - but saves Henri for Jacqueline's sake. After thrilling efforts against the fire, Jacqueline and Raoul are reunited.'