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.
A Fighting Colleen | |
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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 Company of America[1] |
Release date | |
Running time | 5 reels;[1] 4,471 feet[5] |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film is presumed lost.[6]
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][7]
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]
This is a winsome little play, and the star does herself credit. Good house.
Pleased our patrons. Well worth considering. Love a very pleasing star.
An entertaining comedy drama.
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.
Films directed by David Smith | |
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