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 date
  • 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

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


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