Fighting Fate

1925 silent film

October 9, 1925 (1925-10-09)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Fighting Fate is a 1925 American silent sports film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Billy Sullivan, Nancy Deaver, and Tom McGuire.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Damon Squires, aspiring lightweight boxer, broke while visiting a small town, resents an insult made to Sally O'Leary by a chap whom he knocks down. The latter turns out to be champion boxer Cyclone Winters. A boxing match is arranged with him, but Damon is doped by a bribed trainer and loses the fight. Sally, whose father runs a restaurant, still believes in Damon. Damon obtains proof that he had been double-crossed. In a second match he knocks Winters out, winning the championship and the affection of Sally.

Cast

Billy Sullivan as Damon Squires - The Fighter
John Sinclair as Pythias - The Manager
Nancy Deaver as Sally O'Leary - The Girl
Tom McGuire as Danny O'Leary
Phil Salvadore as Cyclone Winters - The Opponent
William Buckley as Glen Morgan

References

^ Munden p. 240
^ Pardy, George T. (6 February 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Fighting Fate", Motion Picture News, 33 (6), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 703, retrieved 5 February 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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

Fighting Fate at IMDb

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Films directed by Albert S. Rogell

1920s

The Greatest Menace (1923)
Galloping Gallagher (1924)
The Mask of Lopez (1924)
North of Nevada (1924)
The Fighting Sap (1924)
The Dangerous Coward (1924)
The Silent Stranger (1924)
Thundering Hoofs (1924)
Geared to Go (1924)
Lightning Romance (1924)
Easy Money (1925)
Super Speed (1925)
Cyclone Cavalier (1925)
The Snob Buster (1925)
Goat Getter (1925)
The Fear Fighter (1925)
The Knockout Kid (1925)
Crack o' Dawn (1925)
The Circus Cyclone (1925)
Fighting Fate (1925)
Youth's Gamble (1925)
The Patent Leather Pug (1925)
Men of the Night (1926)
Senor Daredevil (1926)
The Unknown Cavalier (1926)
The Man from the West (1926)
Red Hot Leather (1926)
The Fighting Three (1927)
The Overland Stage (1927)
The Western Whirlwind (1927)
Somewhere in Sonora (1927)
Grinning Guns (1927)
The Sunset Derby (1927)
The Western Rover (1927)
Men of Daring (1927)
The Devil's Saddle (1927)
The Red Raiders (1927)
Rough and Ready (1927)
The Canyon of Adventure (1928)
The Upland Rider (1928)
The Phantom City (1928)
The Glorious Trail (1928)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1928)
Cheyenne (1929)
The California Mail (1929)
The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929)
Painted Faces (1929)
The Flying Marine (1929)

1930s

1940s

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Argentine Nights (1940)
Private Affairs (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
The Black Cat (1941)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Public Enemies (1941)
Tight Shoes (1941)
Jail House Blues (1942)
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
True to the Army (1942)
Priorities on Parade (1942)
Youth on Parade (1942)
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
Northwest Stampede (1948)
Song of India (1949)

1950s

The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Before I Wake (1955)

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