The Fighting Blade Explained

The Fighting Blade
Director:	John S. Robertson
Screenplay:	Josephine Lovett (scenario) Don Bartlett (titles)
Story:	Beulah Marie Dix
Cinematography:	George J. Folsey
Studio:	Inspiration Company
Distributor:	Associated First National Pictures
Runtime:	9 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Fighting Blade is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and released by Associated First National Pictures in 1923.^[1]

Cast

• Richard Barthelmess as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
• Dorothy Mackaill as Thomsine Musgrove
• Lee Baker as Earl of Staversham
• Morgan Wallace as Lord Robert Erisey
• Bradley Barker as Watt Musgrove
  • Frederick Burton as Oliver Cromwell Stuart Sage as Viscount Carlsford
• Philip Tead as Lord Trevor
• Walter Horton as Bob Ayskew
• Allyn King as Charlotte Musgrove
• Marcia Harris as Joan Laycock

Preservation

A copy of The Fighting Blade is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^{[2] [1]}

External links

• • • Film still at wisconsinhistory.org

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FightingBlade1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Fighting Blade
2. http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=9&ti=1,9&Search%5FArg=dorothy%20gish&SL=None&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=WTOWegbLsBkr6FF8JI8Ja5hwJGrDC&SEQ=20121126020248&SID=2 UCLA film archive record