The Fighting American
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5251 feet
Directed by Tom Forman
Cast: Pat O’Malley [Bill Pendleton], Mary Astor [Mary O’Mallory], Raymond Hatton [Danny Daynes] [?] [and Po-Hsing-Chien]?, Warner Oland [Fu Shing], Edwin J. Brady [Quig Morley], Taylor Carroll [W.F. Pendleton], Clarence Geldert [William A. Pendleton], Alfred Fisher [Mr. O’Mallory], Jack Byron [Alfred Rutland], James Wang [Lee Yong], Emmett King [the college professor], Jane Starr [Lizzie], Frank Kingsley [Harry March], [?] Bob Reeves? [a seaman], [?] Soo Hoo Sun? [a Chinese man on the street]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Executive producer, Carl Laemmle. Scenario by Harvey Gates, from an adaptation by Raymond L. Schrock of a screen story by William Elwell Oliver. Cinematography by Harry Perry. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 23 May 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20236]. Released [?] 26 May or 23 June? 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some rerelease prints changed the character names Mary O’Mallory and Mr. O’Mallory to Mary Brainard and Mr. Brainard.
Comedy-Drama: Romance.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 45.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Cynthia Rosasco collection) [35mm positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: China - Colleges: College students - Rescues
Listing updated: 10 February 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Hirschhorn-Universal p. 45; Limbacher-Feature p. 79 : ClasIm-302 p. 12 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-LoC; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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