Her Fighting Chance is a 1917 American silent drama film. Directed by Edwin Carewe, the film stars Jane Grey, Thomas Holding, and Percy G. Standing. The film was based on a short story by James Oliver Curwood titled "The Fiddling Man," which originally appeared in Every Week Magazine in 1917.[1] It was released in May, 1917.
| Her Fighting Chance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edwin Carewe |
| Based on | the short story, "The Fiddling Man" by James Oliver Curwood |
| Starring | Jane Grey Thomas Holding Percy G. Standing |
| Cinematography | Arthur Martinelli |
Production company | A H Jacobs Photoplays |
| Distributed by | Frank G Hall State Rights |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- Jane Grey as Marie
- Thomas Holding as Jan Thoreau
- Percy G. Standing as Corporal Blake
- Edward Porter as Sergeant Fitzgerald
- Fred Jones as François Breault
- William Cohill as Pastamoo
Censorship
editBefore Her Fighting Chance could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of an intertitle saying "Keep your word with me tonight, etc."[2]
Preservation
editHer Fighting Chance is currently presumed lost.[3] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[4]
References
edit- ↑ "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Her Fighting Chance". afi.com. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society". www.kansashistory.gov. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Her Fighting Chance". memory.loc.gov. January 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in
<ref>tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page). - ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. February 4, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
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