The Fighting Heart (1925 film)

The Fighting Heart
Film poster
Directed byJohn Ford
Written byLillie Hayward
Based on
Once to Every Man
by Larry Evans
StarringGeorge O'Brien
Billie Dove
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 18, 1925 (1925-10-18)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Fighting Heart is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Ford.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] a young man with an inheritance of alcoholism whips a prize fighter in a street fight but falls from his sweetheart’s graces. He goes to New York City and is beaten in a fight in the ring. Later, he whips the fighter again outside the ring and, having left off drinking, is now accepted by the young woman.

Cast

Censorship

Before The Fighting Heart could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of several scenes and one intertitle. The scenes eliminated included most of the drinking, close-ups of "Demijohn", and "suggestion with baby," and the intertitle removed said "Soapy Williams, who runs the hotel, is a wise bootlegger - he never drinks."[4]

Preservation

With no prints of The Fighting Heart located in any film archives,[5] it is now considered to be a lost film.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Fighting Heart". silentera.com. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ "New Pictures: The Fighting Heart", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (4), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 51, October 17, 1925, retrieved October 18, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ "This One's a Fight Fillum: Booze and Fist". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 30, 1925. p. 23.
  4. ↑ "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Fighting Heart". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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