Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
1922 American film by Frank Capra
- Frank Capra
- Walter Montague
by Rudyard Kipling
- Mildred Owens
- Ethan Allen
- Olaf Skavlan
Production
company
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Fireside Productions
Release date
- April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02) (USA)
Running time
Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is a 1922 American silent film short and the first film directed by Frank Capra.[1] Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the film is about a prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to the death of a sailor.[2]
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.
Cast
- Mildred Owens as Anne of Austria
- Ethan Allen as Salem Hardieker
- Olaf Skavlan as Hans the Dane
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.[3]
References
Citations
- ^ Nicole Gagne (2014). "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". Globalfilms2010.blogs.wm.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". Globalfilms2010.blogs.wm.edu. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
Sources
- Capra, Frank (1971). Frank Capra, The Name Above the Title. New York: The Macmillan Company. ISBN 978-1-199-35367-2.
- Scherle, Victor; Levy, William Turner (1977). The Films of Frank Capra. Secaucus: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-806-50430-8.
External links
- Fultah Fisher's Boarding House at IMDb
- Fultah Fisher's Boarding House at the TCM Movie Database
- Fultah Fisher's Boarding House at AllMovie
- The short film Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
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Frank Capra
- Filmography
- Fultah Fisher's Boarding House (1922)
- The Strong Man (1926)
- Long Pants (1927)
- For the Love of Mike (1927)
- That Certain Thing (1928)
- So This Is Love? (1928)
- The Matinee Idol (1928)
- The Way of the Strong (1928)
- Say It with Sables (1928)
- The Power of the Press (1928)
- Submarine (1928)
- The Younger Generation (1929)
- The Donovan Affair (1929)
- Flight (1929)
- Ladies of Leisure (1930)
- Rain or Shine (1930)
- Dirigible (1931)
- The Miracle Woman (1931)
- Platinum Blonde (1931)
- Forbidden (1932)
- American Madness (1932)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
- Lady for a Day (1933)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Broadway Bill (1934)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Lost Horizon (1937)
- You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Meet John Doe (1941)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- State of the Union (1948)
- Riding High (1950)
- Here Comes the Groom (1951)
- A Hole in the Head (1959)
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
- Prelude to War (1942)
- The Nazis Strike (1943)
- Divide and Conquer (1943)
- The Battle of Britain (1943)
- The Battle of Russia (1943)
- The Battle of China (1944)
- War Comes to America (1945)
- Bibliography
- Liberty Films
- Frank Capra Jr. (son)
- Five Came Back (2017 documentary)
- Robert Riskin
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