| Fultah Fisher's Boarding House | |
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Fultah Fisher's Boarding House | |
| Directed by | Frank Capra |
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| Based on | "The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding-House" by Rudyard Kipling |
| Produced by | Walter Montague |
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| Edited by | Frank Capra |
Production company | Fireside Productions |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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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 a prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to the death of a sailor. [2]
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.
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]
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