The Fighting Heart (1925 film)

1925 film

  • October 18, 1925 (1925-10-18)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Fighting Heart is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Ford.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] a young man with an inheritance of alcoholism whips a prize fighter in a street fight but falls from his sweetheart’s graces. He goes to New York City and is beaten in a fight in the ring. Later, he whips the fighter again outside the ring and, having left off drinking, is now accepted by the young woman.

Cast

  • George O'Brien as Denny Bolton
  • Billie Dove as Doris Anderson
  • J. Farrell MacDonald as Jerry
  • Victor McLaglen as Soapy Williams
  • Diana Miller as Helen Van Allen
  • Bert Woodruff as Grandfather
  • Francis Ford as Town Fool
  • Hazel Howell as Oklahoma Kate
  • Edward Peil Sr. as Flash Fogarty (credited as Edward Piel)
  • James A. Marcus as Judge Maynard (credited as James Marcus)
  • Frank Baker
  • Harvey Clark
  • Lynn Cowan
  • Hank Mann
  • Francis Powers

Preservation

With no prints of The Fighting Heart located in any film archives,[3] it is now considered to be a lost film.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fighting Heart". silentera.com. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  2. ^ "New Pictures: The Fighting Heart", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (4), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 51, October 17, 1925, retrieved October 18, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "The Fighting Heart". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
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