The Flood (1931)

The story centers on a sordid love triangle involving a woman and two men. Their personal tensions and romantic complications reach a breaking point just as the local infrastructure fails. The climax of the film occurs when a massive dam bursts, unleashing a catastrophic flood. This disaster serves as the ultimate resolution for the characters' interpersonal struggles, forcing a conclusion to their conflicting relationships through the life-and-death stakes of the inundation.

Directed by: James Tinling

Starring: Eleanor Boardman, Monte Blue, Frank Sheridan, David Newell, William V. Mong, Eddie Tamblyn

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