Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
{{Short description|1922 American film by Frank Capra}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
| image = Fultah Fisher's Boarding House.webm{{!}}center{{!}}thumbtime=2
| alt = The full film.
| caption = Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
| director = Frank Capra
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Frank Capra
- Walter Montague
}}
| based_on = {{based on|"The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House"|Rudyard Kipling}}
| producer = Walter Montague
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Mildred Owens
- Ethan Allen
- Olaf Skavlan
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing = Frank Capra
| music =
| studio = Fireside Productions
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released = {{Film date|1922|04|02|USA}}
| runtime = 12 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English intertitles
| budget = $1,700
| gross =
}}
Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is a 1922 American silent film short and the first film directed by Frank Capra. Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the film is about a prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to the death of a sailor.
Plot
Fultah Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A local girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, and is currently linked to Salem Hardieker, a tough Bostonian. When Anne is drawn to a new potential lover, Hans, he rejects her, knowing she's Salem's girl.
Cast
- Mildred Owens as Anne of Austria
- Ethan Allen as Salem Hardieker
- Olaf Skavlan as Hans the Dane
Production
Frank Capra, on his first attempt at making a film, managed to write, cast, direct and edit the film all on his own. The film was shot in San Francisco.{{cite web|url=http://globalfilm2010.blogs.wm.edu/films/fultah-fisher%e2%80%99s-boarding-house/|title=Fultah Fisher's Boarding House|website=Globalfilms2010.blogs.wm.edu|accessdate=March 15, 2019}}
References
=Citations=
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{{cite news|title=Fultah Fisher's Boarding House |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/296446/Fultah-Fisher-s-Boarding-House/overview |accessdate=December 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424121530/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/296446/Fultah-Fisher-s-Boarding-House/overview|archive-date=April 24, 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Nicole Gagne |date=2014 |url-status=dead}}
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=Sources=
{{Refbegin}}
- {{cite book|last=Capra |first=Frank |title=Frank Capra, The Name Above the Title |url=https://archive.org/details/nameabovetitleau00caprrich |url-access=registration |publisher=The Macmillan Company |location=New York |year=1971 |isbn=978-1-199-35367-2}}
- {{cite book|last1=Scherle |first1=Victor |last2=Levy |first2=William Turner |title=The Films of Frank Capra |publisher=The Citadel Press |location=Secaucus |year=1977 |isbn=978-0-806-50430-8}}
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0205957|Fultah Fisher's Boarding House}}
- {{TCMDb title|507616|Fultah Fisher's Boarding House}}
- {{Internet Archive short film|fultahfishersboardinghouse|Fultah Fisher's Boarding House}}
{{Frank Capra}}
Category:1922 comedy-drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Frank Capra
Category:Films based on works by Rudyard Kipling
Category:1922 directorial debut films
Category:Silent American comedy-drama short films
Category:English-language comedy-drama short films
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