American Pluck
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = American Pluck
| image = American Pluck lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Richard Stanton
| producer = Chadwick Pictures
| writer = Ralph Spence
| based_on = {{basedon|Blaze Derringer|Eugene P. Lyle}}
| starring = George Walsh
Wanda Hawley
| music =
| cinematography = H. Lyman Broening
George Baxter
| editing = Sam Zimbalist
| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America(FBO)
| released = {{Film date|1925|9|12|df=yes}}
| runtime = 56 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
American Pluck is a 1925 American silent action comedy film directed by Richard Stanton. American Pluck was Stanton's last film. It stars George Walsh and Wanda Hawley. It was produced by I. E. Chadwick Productions and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America.[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2582-AMERICAN-PLUCK?sid= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: American Pluck][http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AmericanPluck1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: American Pluck] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: American Pluck |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=22 |issue=8 |pages=52 |date=16 August 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/n913/mode/1up |access-date=29 July 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Blaze Derringer is expelled from college for his wild exploits. His father casts him out, advising him not to return unless he has earned $5,000 by his own efforts within a year. He engages in a prize fight and again meets the girl he had previously rescued from a cabaret fight. She is Princess Alicia of Bargonia and he returns to her country with her. There he thwarts Count Verensky, who has plotted to win her throne. Blaze rescues her from her abductors and wins a wife and a throne.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- George Walsh as Blaze Derringer
- Wanda Hawley as Princess Alicia
- Sidney De Gray as Count Birkhaff
- Frank Leigh as Count Verensky
- Thomas Wilson as Jefferson Lee
- Leo White as Lord Raleigh
- Dan Mason as American Consul
}}
Preservation
A print of American Pluck survives in a private collection.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3422/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog 1893-1993: American Pluck]
References
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