Fultah Fisher's Boarding House

Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
Screenshot of the opening credits
Directed by	Frank Capra
Produced by	Walter Montague
Written by	Frank Capra Walter Montague
Based on	"The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House" by Rudyard Kipling
Starring	Mildred Owens Ethan Allen Olaf Skavlan
Edited by	Frank Capra
Production company	Fireside Productions
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release dates	April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02) (USA)
Running time	12 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English intertitles
Budget	$1,700

Fultah Fisher's Boarding House is a 1922 American silent film short and the first film directed by Frank Capra.^[1] Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the film is about prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to the death of a sailor.^[2]

Plot

Fultah Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A local girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, and is currently linked to Salem Hardieker, a tough Bostonian. When Anne is drawn to a new potential lover, Hans, he rejects her, knowing she's Salem's girl.

Cast

Mildred Owens as Anne of Austria
Ethan Allen as Salem Hardieker
Olaf Skavlan as Hans the Dane

Production

Frank Capra, on his first attempt at making a film, managed to write, cast, direct and edit the film all on his own. The film was shot in San Francisco.^[3]

References

Citations

↑ "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
↑ "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". Global Film. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
↑ http://globalfilm2010.blogs.wm.edu/films/fultah-fisher%E2%80%99s-boarding-house/

Sources

Capra, Frank (1971). Frank Capra, The Name Above the Title. New York: The Macmillan Company. ISBN 978-1-199-35367-2.
Scherle, Victor; Levy, William Turner (1977). The Films of Frank Capra. Secaucus: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-806-50430-8.

External links

Frank Capra

Filmography

Feature films directed	Fultah Fisher's Boarding House The Strong Man Long Pants For the Love of Mike That Certain Thing So This Is Love? The Matinee Idol The Way of the Strong Say It with Sables The Power of the Press Submarine The Younger Generation The Donovan Affair Flight Ladies of Leisure Rain or Shine Dirigible The Miracle Woman Platinum Blonde Forbidden American Madness The Bitter Tea of General Yen Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Broadway Bill Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Lost Horizon You Can't Take It with You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Meet John Doe Arsenic and Old Lace It's a Wonderful Life State of the Union Riding High Here Comes the Groom A Hole in the Head Pocketful of Miracles

Why We Fight series	Prelude to War The Nazis Strike Divide and Conquer The Battle of Britain The Battle of Russia The Battle of China War Comes to America

Other works	Know Your Enemy: Japan Here Is Germany Tunisian Victory Your Job in Germany Two Down and One to Go The Negro Soldier The Army–Navy Screen Magazine The Fallbrook Story The Bell Laboratory Science Series Our Mr. Sun Hemo the Magnificent

Related	Bibliography Frank Capra Jr. (son) Frank Capra III (grandson)

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