Fighting Fate
{{short description|1925 silent film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name =Fighting Fate
| image = Poster for Fighting Fate (1925).jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Albert S. Rogell
| producer =Harry Joe Brown
W. Ray Johnston
| writer = Henry Roberts Symonds
John Grey
| narrator =
| starring =Billy Sullivan
Nancy Deaver
Tom McGuire
| music =
| cinematography =H. Lyman Broening
| editing =
| studio =Harry J. Brown Productions
| distributor = Rayart Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1925|10|09}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Fighting Fate is a 1925 American silent sports film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Billy Sullivan, Nancy Deaver, and Tom McGuire.Munden p. 240
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Pre-Release Review of Features: Fighting Fate |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=703 |date=6 February 1926 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpic33moti/page/n722/mode/1up |access-date=5 February 2023}} {{Source-attribution}} Damon Squires, aspiring lightweight boxer, broke while visiting a small town, resents an insult made to Sally O'Leary by a chap whom he knocks down. The latter turns out to be champion boxer Cyclone Winters. A boxing match is arranged with him, but Damon is doped by a bribed trainer and loses the fight. Sally, whose father runs a restaurant, still believes in Damon. Damon obtains proof that he had been double-crossed. In a second match he knocks Winters out, winning the championship and the affection of Sally.
Cast
- Billy Sullivan as Damon Squires - The Fighter
- John Sinclair as Pythias - The Manager
- Nancy Deaver as Sally O'Leary - The Girl
- Tom McGuire as Danny O'Leary
- Phil Salvadore as Cyclone Winters - The Opponent
- William Buckley as Glen Morgan
- Ford West as Lew Muggins
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0132946}}
{{Albert S. Rogell}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American boxing films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Rayart Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Albert S. Rogell
Category:Silent American sports films
Category:English-language sports films
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