A Fighting Colleen
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| Directed by | David Smith |
| Screenplay by | Gerald C. Duffy[1] |
| Story by | Gerald C. Duffy[1] |
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| Cinematography | Charles R. Seeling[2] |
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Production
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Vitagraph[1]
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Release dates
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November 22, 1919[citation needed] |
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Running time
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5 reels[1] |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Fighting Colleen is a 1919 silent comedy drama[1] film directed by David Smith.[1] It stars Bessie Love and Charles Spere.
Contents
Plot
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]
Cast
- Bessie Love as Alannah Malone[1]
- Anne Schaefer as Mother Malone
- Charles Spere as Jimmy Meehan
- Jay Morley as Stanton Colby
- George Kunkel as Mortimer Wall
- Beulah Clark as Maggie O'Higgins
Reception
Press for the film compared it to Mary Pickford's Daddy Long Legs and Mabel Normand's Mickey.[3] The film received positive reviews, and did well at the box office.[4]
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). A Fighting Colleen at IMDb
- A Fighting Colleen at AllMovie
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