Fighting Odds

Fighting Odds

Directed by	Allan Dwan
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Based on	Under Sentence by Irvin S. Cobb and Roi Cooper Megrue
Starring	Maxine Elliott
Cinematography	René Guissart
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release dates	September 30, 1917 (1917-09-30)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] 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 - District Attorney
Henry Clive - Mr. Copley
Charles Dalton - John W. Blake
Maxine Elliott - Mrs. Copley
Eric Hudson - Detective Butler
Regan Hughston - Jewett
George Odell - Egan

References

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

External links

Fighting Odds at the Internet Movie Database
Fighting Odds synopsis at AllMovie

Films directed by Allan Dwan

The Greater Love (1913)
Her Big Story (1913)
The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
The End of the Feud (1914)
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
The Unlawful Trade (1914)
The Forbidden Room (1914)
The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
Richelieu (1914)
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
Wildflower (1914)
The County Chairman (1914)
The Straight Road (1914)
The Conspiracy (1914)
The Dancing Girl (1915)
A Small Town Girl (1915)
David Harum (1915)
The Love Route (1915)
The Commanding Officer (1915)
May Blossom (1915)
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
The Good Bad Man (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
Accusing Evidence (1916)
Fighting Odds (1917)
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Headin' South (1918)
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Bound in Morocco (1918)
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
A Perfect Crime (1921)
The Hidden Woman (1922)
Robin Hood (1922)
Lawful Larceny (1923)
Zaza (1923)
Big Brother (1923)
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