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Fighting Love
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Wikipedia article
'Fighting Love' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander and starring Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi and Henry B. Walthall.Goble p.761 The film survives complete. It is based on the 1925 novel 'If the Gods Laugh' by the British writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Grot.
Synopsis
After discovering her fiance kissing another woman, Vittoria marries a family friend in a marriage of convenience and accompanies him to the Italian colony of Libya. While there she encounters a handsome young man and falls in love with him. Wrongly believing her husband to have been killed in a Bedouin attack, the two undergo an Arab wedding ceremony with him. When she discovers the truth she returns to her husband.
Cast
* Jetta Goudal as Donna Vittoria
* Victor Varconi as Gabriel Amari
* Henry B. Walthall as Filipo Navarro
* Louis Natheaux as Dario Niccolini
* Josephine Crowell as Princess Torini
* Eulalie Jensen as Zillah
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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