Fighting Love
Fighting Love is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander and starring Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi and Henry B. Walthall.[1] The film survives complete.[2] It is based on the 1925 novel If the Gods Laugh by the British writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Grot.
| Fighting Love | |
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| Directed by | Nils Olaf Chrisander |
| Written by | |
| Based on | If the Gods Laugh by Rosita Forbes |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Henry Cronjager |
| Edited by | Claude Berkeley |
Production company | DeMille Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation National Film (Germany) |
Release date | February 14, 1927 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Synopsis
After discovering her fiancée kissing another woman, Vittoria marries a family friend in a marriage of convenience and accompanies him to the Italian colony of Libya. While there she encounters a handsome young man and falls in love with him. Wrongly believing her husband to have been killed in a Bedouin attack, the two undergo an Arab wedding ceremony with him. When she discovers the truth she returns to her husband.
Cast
- Jetta Goudal as Donna Vittoria
- Victor Varconi as Gabriel Amari
- Henry B. Walthall as Filipo Navarro
- Louis Natheaux as Dario Niccolini
- Josephine Crowell as Princess Torini
- Eulalie Jensen as Zillah
References
- Goble p.761
- "Fighting Love (1927)". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.