A Fighting Colleen
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| Directed by | David Smith |
| Screenplay by | Gerald C. Duffy[1] |
| Story by | Gerald C. Duffy[1] |
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| Cinematography | Charles R. Seeling[2] |
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Running time | 5 reels;[1] 4,471 feet[5] |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Silent (English intertitles) |
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A Fighting Colleen is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama[1] film directed by David Smith[1] and produced by Vitagraph Company of America.[1] It stars Bessie Love and Charles Spere.
Plot
Alannah Malone, 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 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][7]
Cast
Reception
Press for the film likened it to Mary Pickford's Daddy Long Legs and Mabel Normand's Mickey.[8] The film received positive reviews, and did well at the box office.[9]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hamlin, Tom (November 22, 1919). "A Fighting Colleen (Vitagraph)". Motion Picture News. Vol. 20, no. 22. p. 3789.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 150. OCLC 734075937.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Release Dates". The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks. January 4, 1920. p. 30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Release Dates". The Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks. December 14, 1919. p. 30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Slight Entertainment in Story of Slum Life". Wid's Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folks. November 16, 1919. p. 23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Fighting Colleen / David Smith [motion picture]". Library of Congress.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Monroe, Mary Denham (December 1919). "The Fighting Colleen". Picture-Play Magazine. Vol. 11, no. 4. pp. 45–48, 101.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Shortt's Theatre". Evening Post. Vol. 99, no. 109. Melbourne. May 8, 1920. p. 3.
- ^ Various contemporaneous reviews:
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Perry, Will C. (May 22, 1920). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 10, no. 21. p. 80.
This is a winsome little play, and the star does herself credit. Good house.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 11, no. 10. September 4, 1920. p. 116.
Pleased our patrons. Well worth considering. Love a very pleasing star.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vitagraph". Motion Picture News. Vol. 21, no. 14. March 27, 1920. p. 2986.
An entertaining comedy drama.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Miles, A. N. (August 7, 1920). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 11, no. 6. p. 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.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Perry, Will C. (May 22, 1920). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 10, no. 21. p. 80.
External links
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