Directed by John S. Robertson.
The first in a series of costume dramas starring Barthelmess during this period—including The Bright Shawl—The Fighting Blade finds the silent-era heartthrob in fighting form as a soldier of fortune embroiled in the English Civil War. As Variety described the film’s sweep at the time, “'In power of incident and in climacteric [sic] punch, The Fighting Blade has much that neck-and-necks with Dumas.”
Inspiration Pictures, Inc. Screenwriter: Josephine Lovett, Don Bartlett. Cinematographer: George J. Folsey. Editor: William Hamilton. Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Lee Baker, Morgan Wallace, Bradley Barker, Frederick Burton.
35mm, b/w, silent with musical accompaniment, 90 min.
Live musical accompaniment will be provided by Cliff Retallick.
