Fighting Odds

1917 film by Allan Dwan
  • September 30, 1917 (1917-09-30)
Running time
6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Maxine Elliot in a scene from "Fighting Odds"

Fighting Odds is a 1917 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring stage beauty Maxine Elliott. The film is based on the play Under Sentence by Irvin S. Cobb and Roi Cooper Megrue. The picture was amongst Goldwyn's first productions as an independent producer. It was directed by veteran Allan Dwan and is a surviving film at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Gosfilmofond in Russia.[2][3][4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[5] James Copley (Clive), through his generosity to his employees, wins their confidence and the enmity of John W. Blake (Dalton), known as a breaker of men and fortunes. By making Copley president of Amalgamated Motors Company, Blake succeeds in ruining Copley and sending him to prison. His wife (Elliott) decides to free her husband and put Blake where he belongs. Through the old method of vampiring, Mrs. Copley succeeds in securing the evidence that frees her husband and puts Blake behind bars.

Cast

  • William T. Carleton as District Attorney
  • Henry Clive as Mr. Copley
  • Charles Dalton as John W. Blake
  • Maxine Elliott as Mrs. Copley
  • Eric Hudson as Detective Butler
  • Regan Hughston as Jewett
  • George Odell as Egan

References

  1. ^ "Fighting Odds". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. ^ Fighting Odds produced as Under Sentence on Broadway at the Harris Theatre, October 3, 1916 to November 1916, 55 performances; IBDb.com
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fighting Odds
  5. ^ "Reviews: Fighting Odds". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (17). New York: Exhibitors Herald Company: 25. October 20, 1917.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fighting Odds.
  • Fighting Odds at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
  • Lantern slide (Wayback Machine)
  • Lobby cards at moviestillsdb.com
  • v
  • t
  • e
Films directed by Allan Dwan
1910s
1920s
1930s
  • What a Widow! (1930)
  • Man to Man (1930)
  • Chances (1931)
  • Wicked (1931)
  • While Paris Sleeps (1932)
  • Her First Affaire (1932)
  • Counsel's Opinion (1933)
  • I Spy (1934)
  • Black Sheep (1935)
  • Navy Wife (1935)
  • Song and Dance Man (1936)
  • Human Cargo (1936)
  • High Tension (1936)
  • 15 Maiden Lane (1936)
  • Woman-Wise (1937)
  • That I May Live (1937)
  • One Mile from Heaven (1937)
  • Heidi (1937)
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
  • Suez (1938)
  • Josette (1938)
  • The Three Musketeers (1939)
  • The Gorilla (1939)
1940s
1950s
1960s


Stub icon

This 1910s drama film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e