Soldiers of Fortune (1919 film)

Soldiers of Fortune
Film still with Norman Kerry and Anna Q. Nilsson
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byAllan Dwan
Based onSoldiers of Fortune
1897 novel
by Richard Harding Davis
Produced byMayflower Photoplay Company
StarringWallace Beery
Distributed byRealart Pictures Inc.
Release date
  • November 22, 1919 (1919-11-22)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Soldiers of Fortune is a lost[1] 1919 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Wallace Beery. The film is based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Richard Harding Davis. The film was produced by the Mayflower Photoplay Company[2] Richard Harding Davis's novel that inspired the film had already been brought to the screen in 1914 by William F. Haddock; that version of Soldiers of Fortune starred Dustin Farnum. The subject of both the 1914 and 1919 films are based on the Spanish–American War. The 1919 film was shot on the San Diego Fairgrounds at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Distributed by Realart Pictures, the film was released in American theaters on November 22, 1919.

Plot

Robert Clay, a noble America hero of humble means trying to do his best to help the war effort in the fictional capital Olancho in a small South American republic, but he meets a rich lady and they fall in love during the revolution. Robert Clay is the engineer and general manager of the Valencia Mining Company in Olancho. There are two sisters that come into Robert Clay's life. Both are the daughters of Mr. Langham, the president of the Mining company. The older sister, Alice, is a New York City society girl. Her sister Hope is enthusiastic, generous and sweet. Robert Clay meets Alice just before he sails for South America. He shares his admiration for her. Later, when he learns the family are going to Olancho also, he is very happy. But after getting to know Alice better he is sad. During her visit to Olancho a revolution starts, in this time she shows courage and to be a lady of charter. This attracts Clay to her, he ask her to marry him.[3][4][5]

Cast

Film stills and ads

References

  1. ^ "Soldiers Of Fortune". June 1, 1919 – via memory.loc.gov.
  2. ^ "Soldiers of Fortune (1919) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ Richard Harding Davis (June 2, 2006). Soldiers of Fortune. Broadview Press. ISBN 978-1551116792.
  4. ^ "Richard Harding Davis". www.spanamwar.com.
  5. ^ "SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE" (PDF). pinkmonkey.com.

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