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The Fighting Chance (1920)

The Fighting Chance poster
Directed by
Charles Maigne
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman and a man navigate romance and personal conflict in early 20th century America. The story is based on a novel from the same period.

old-fashioneddramaticquietrestrainedromanticslowearnestmelodramatic

What happens

The Fighting Chance is a surviving 1920 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Will M. Ritchey. It was formerly thought to be lost. The film stars include Anna Q. Nilsson, Conrad Nagel, Clarence Burton, Dorothy Davenport, Herbert Prior, and Ruth Helms. It is based on the 1906 novel The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Chambers. The film was released on August 1, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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