Drums of Fate

{{short description|1923 film by Charles Maigne}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Drums of Fate | image = Drums of Fate (1923) - 2.jpg | alt = | caption = Advertisement | director = Charles Maigne | producer = Adolph Zukor | screenplay = Will M. Ritchey | based_on = {{basedon|''Sacrifice''|Stephen French Whitman}} | starring = Mary Miles Minter<br>Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn<br>George Fawcett | music = | cinematography = James Wong Howe | editing = | studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1923|1|14}} | runtime = 6 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Drums of Fate''''' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was adapted by Will M. Ritchey from the novel "Sacrifice" by Stephen French Whitman.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Paramount names "Super Thirty-Nine" Which It Will Being Releasing Feb. 5 |journal=Moving Picture World |volume=59 |issue=8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor59novd/page/740] |publisher=Chalmers Publishing Company |location=New York City |date=December 23, 1922 |url= https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor59novd }}</ref> It was also referred to as "Drums of Destiny" in some promotional material.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Paramount Pictures: "The Super Thirty-Nine" |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=16 |issue=2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald16exhi/page/n211] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Co. |location=Chicago |date=January 6, 1923 |url= https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald16exhi }}</ref> As with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.<ref name="Library of Congress">[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4911/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Drums of Fate'']</ref>

==Plot== As described in various film magazine reviews,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''Drums of Fate'' |journal=The Film Daily |volume=23 |issue=20 |page=6 |publisher=Wid’s Film and Film Folks inc |location=New York |date=January 21, 1923 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdaily2324newy/page/n145}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Pre-Release Reviews of Features: ''Drums of Fate'' |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=27 |issue=3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti/page/n333] |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City |date=January 20, 1923 |url= https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew00moti }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Newest Reviews and Comments: ''Drums of Fate'' |journal=Moving Picture World |volume=60 |issue=4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/movpicwor60movi/page/358] |publisher=Chalmers Publishing Company |location=New York City |date=January 27, 1923 |url= https://archive.org/details/movpicwor60movi }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Mary Miles Minter in ''Drums of Fate'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=16 |issue=17 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald16exhi_0/page/n363] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Co. |location=Chicago |date=April 21, 1923 |url= https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald16exhi_0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Illustrated Screen Reports: ''Drums of Fate'' |journal=Exhibitor's Trade Review |volume=13 |issue=9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorst00newy/page/474] |publisher=Exhibitor's Trade Review, Inc. |location=East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |date=January 27, 1923 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorst00newy}}</ref> Carol Dolliver, a young society girl, rejects her guardian's choice of a suitor in favour of the dashing explorer Laurence "Larry" Teck. After their wedding, Larry returns to Africa without Carol, where he is captured by a band of native warriors.

News reaches Carol that her husband has been slain, and so, to please her guardian, she weds the crippled musician David Verne, although she does not love him. Meanwhile, Larry has befriended the native king and eventually manages to escape and return to Carol.

Having believed him to be dead, Carol's initial reaction to Larry's return is one of shock rather than welcome. This, along with the news of her marriage to Verne, convinces Larry that it would be best for him to return to Africa and to the native king, leaving a note for Carol telling her to divorce him.

The shock of Larry's reappearance proves fatal to the ailing Verne, and so Carol decides to pursue her husband to Africa. Although she is almost captured by natives, she eventually discovers Larry in an African village, and the two are happily reunited.

==Cast== thumb|George Fawcett and Mary Miles Minter in "Drums of Fate" *Mary Miles Minter as Carol Dolliver *Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as Laurence Teck *George Fawcett as Felix Brantome *Robert Cain as Cornelius Rysbroek *Casson Ferguson as David Verne *Bertram Grassby as Hamoud Bin-Said *Noble Johnson as Native King

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Drums of Fate}} *{{IMDb title|0014006|Drums of Fate}}

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