''A Fighting Heart'' is a 1924 American silent

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by Jack Nelson and starring

Frank Merrill Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II ...

Margaret Landis Margaret Cullen Landis (August 31, 1890 – April 8, 1981) was an American silent screen actress who appeared in at least 41 films between 1915 and 1931. Biography Margaret Cullen Landis was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Lulan ...

and

Otto Lederer Otto Lederer (April 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably ''The Jazz Singer'', the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and H ...

.Connelly p.347

Cast

as Jack Melford *

as Rae Davis *

Milburn Morante Milburn Morante (April 6, 1887 – January 28, 1964) was an American actor, film director and makeup artist.Katchmer p. 267 Partial filmography * '' The Covered Trail'' (1924) * ''Battling Mason'' (1924) * ''The Terror of Pueblo'' (1924) * '' A ...

as Cloudy Day * May Sherman as Julia Cunningham *

as Dr. Logan *

Alphonse Martell Alphonse Martell (1890 - 1976) was a French actor who wrote and directed ''Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933). He portrayed a director in the 1934 film '' I'll Be Suing You''. He often portrayed a waiter as in the 1946 film '' Falcon's Alibi'', in which ...

as Dr. Dehli *

Cathleen Calhoun Cathleen is a feminine given name in the English language. It is a variant form of ''Kathleen (given name), Kathleen''. Notable people with the name include: * Cathleen Chaffee, American curator, art historian, writer * Cathleen Falsani, American ...

as Blanche Renault

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1924 films 1920s action films American silent feature films American action films American black-and-white films Films directed by Jack Nelson 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub