Fultah Fishers Boarding House
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Director Frank Capra Budget 1,700 USD Story by Rudyard Kipling Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Short, Comedy, Drama Screenplay Frank Capra Duration Language English intertitles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02) (USA) Based on "The Ballad of Fishers Boarding-House"
by Rudyard Kipling Writer Frank Capra (scenario), Rudyard Kipling (poem), Walter Montague (scenario) Similar movies Related Frank Capra movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fultah fisher s boarding house 1922
Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is a 1922 American silent film short and the first film directed by Frank Capra. Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the film is about prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to the death of a sailor.
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Plot
Fultah Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A local girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, and is currently linked to Salem Hardieker, a tough Bostonian. When Anne is drawn to a new potential lover, Hans, he rejects her, knowing she's Salem's girl.
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Production
Frank Capra, on his first attempt at making a film, managed to write, cast, direct and edit the film all on his own. The film was shot in San Francisco.
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Fultah Fisher's Boarding House Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
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