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 web|title=Fultah Fisher's Boarding House |website=Globalfilms2010.blogs.wm.edu|url=http://globalfilm2010.blogs.wm.edu/films/fultah-fisher%E2%80%99s-boarding-house/ |accessdate=December 27, 2014}}

{{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=

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  • {{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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