A Fighting Colleen
| A Fighting Colleen | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Smith |
| Screenplay by | Gerald C. Duffy[1] |
| Story by | Gerald C. Duffy[1] |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Charles R. Seeling[2] |
Production company |
Vitagraph[1] |
Release dates | November 22, 1919 |
Running time | 5 reels[1] |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Fighting Colleen is a 1919 silent comedy drama[1] film directed by David Smith.[1] It stars Bessie Love and Charles Spere.
Plot
Alannah Malone (Love), an Irish immigrant living in a tenement, who sells newspapers to make a living. When her mother dies, she engages in fistfights to defend her territory from newsboys. One particular newsboy (Spere) falls for her after she beats him up.
The tenement in which Alannah lives is owned by the city's unjust mayor. When the District Attorney announces his candidacy for mayor, Alannah aids his campaign by gathering evidence to expose the mayor as a hypocrite.[1]
Cast
- Bessie Love as Alannah Malone[1]
- Anne Schaefer as Mother Malone
- Charles Spere as Jimmy Meehan
- Jay Morley as Stanton Colby
- George Kunkel as Mortimer Wall
- Beulah Clark as Maggie O'Higgins
Reception
Press for the film compared it to Mary Pickford's Daddy Long Legs and Mabel Normand's Mickey.[3] The film received positive reviews, and did well at the box office.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Hamlin, Tom (November 22, 1919). "A Fighting Colleen (Vitagraph)". Motion Picture News 20 (22): 3789.
- ↑ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 150. OCLC 734075937.
- ↑ "Shortt's Theatre". Evening Post 99 (109) (Melbourne). May 8, 1920. p. 3.
- ↑ Various contemporaneous reviews:
- Perry, Will C. (May 22, 1920). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald 10 (21): 80.
This is a winsome little play, and the star does herself credit. Good house.
- "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald 11 (10): 116. September 4, 1920.
Pleased our patrons. Well worth considering. Love a very pleasing star.
- "Vitagraph". Motion Picture News 21 (14): 2986. March 27, 1920.
An entertaining comedy drama.
- Miles, A. N. (August 7, 1920). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald 11 (6): 81.
A likable little picture with a pleasing star whose work deserves bigger and better plays. Rain hurt business, but those who saw it like it.
- Perry, Will C. (May 22, 1920). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald 10 (21): 80.