The Fighting Coward (1924 film)
The Fighting Coward | |
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Walter Woods (scenario) |
Based on | Magnolia by Booth Tarkington |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Ernest Torrence Mary Astor Noah Beery, Sr. Cullen Landis |
Cinematography | Karl Brown |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels (6,501 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Fighting Coward is a 1924 American comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and directed by James Cruze. The film stars Ernest Torrence, Mary Astor, Noah Beery, Sr., Phyllis Haver, and Cullen Landis.[1] The film is based on the play Magnolia by Booth Tarkington, from 1904.[2]
Cast[]
- Ernest Torrence as General Orlando Jackson
- Mary Astor as Lucy
- Noah Beery, Sr. as Captain Blackie
- Cullen Landis as Tom Rumford
- Phyllis Haver as Elvira
- G. Raymond Nye as Major Patterson
- Richard Neill as Joe Patterson (billed as Richard R. Neill)
- Carmen Phillips as Mexico
- Bruce Covington as General Rumford
- Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Rumford
- Frank Jonasson as Rumbo
Preservation[]
Copies of The Fighting Coward survive in the Library of Congress, George Eastman House, and in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List". silentera.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ "Magnolia | IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information". IBDB. August 27, 1923. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Fighting Coward
External links[]
- The Fighting Coward at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby poster (click for large image)
- The poster expanded in its own tab window
Categories:
- 1924 films
- English-language films
- 1924 comedy films
- American films
- American comedy films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by James Cruze
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Films based on works by Booth Tarkington
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs