Fultah Fisher's Boarding House

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]

Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
Fultah Fisher's Boarding House
Directed byFrank Capra
Produced byWalter 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 byFrank Capra
Production
company
Fireside Productions
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02) (USA)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish intertitles
Budget$1,700

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
  1. "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  2. "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". Globalfilms2010.blogs.wm.edu. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  3. "Fultah Fisher's Boarding House". Globalfilms2010.blogs.wm.edu. Retrieved March 15, 2019.

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.
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