A Fighting Colleen
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Genre Drama Story by Gerald Duffy Duration | Director David Smith Screenplay Gerald Duffy Cinematography Charles R. Seeling Country U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent (English intertitles) Release date November 22, 1919 Writer Gerald C. Duffy (screenplay), Gerald C. Duffy (story) Cast Bessie Love, Anne Schaefer, Jay Morley, Beulah Clark, Charles Spere, George Kunkel People also search for Over the Garden Wall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Fighting Colleen is a 1919 silent comedy drama film directed by David Smith. It stars Bessie Love and Charles Spere.
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Plot
Alannah Malone (Love), an Irish immigrant living in a tenement, who sells newspapers to make a living. When her mother dies, she engages in fistfights to defend her territory from newsboys. One particular newsboy (Spere) falls for her after she beats him up.
The tenement in which Alannah lives is owned by the city's unjust mayor. When the District Attorney announces his candidacy for mayor, Alannah aids his campaign by gathering evidence to expose the mayor as a hypocrite.
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Reception
Press for the film compared it to Mary Pickford's Daddy Long Legs and Mabel Normand's Mickey. The film received positive reviews, and did well at the box office.
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