# Fighting Odds

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{{short description|1917 film by Allan Dwan}}
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{{infobox film
| name           = Fighting Odds
| image          = Fighting Odds (motion picture advertisement, 1917).jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [Allan Dwan](/source/Allan_Dwan)
| producer       = [Arthur Hopkins](/source/Arthur_Hopkins)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16905-FIGHTING-ODDS |title=Fighting Odds |work=[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films) |access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>
| based_on       = {{based on|''Under Sentence''|[Irvin S. Cobb](/source/Irvin_S._Cobb) and [Roi Cooper Megrue](/source/Roi_Cooper_Megrue)}}
| starring       = [Maxine Elliott](/source/Maxine_Elliott)
| music          = 
| cinematography = [René Guissart](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Guissart_(director))
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [Goldwyn Pictures](/source/Goldwyn_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1917|9|30}}
| runtime        = 6 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}
thumb|262x262px|Maxine Elliot in a scene from "Fighting Odds"
'''''Fighting Odds''''' is a 1917 American silent [drama film](/source/drama_film) produced and distributed by [Goldwyn Pictures](/source/Goldwyn_Pictures) and starring stage beauty [Maxine Elliott](/source/Maxine_Elliott). The film is based on the play ''Under Sentence'' by [Irvin S. Cobb](/source/Irvin_S._Cobb) and [Roi Cooper Megrue](/source/Roi_Cooper_Megrue). The picture was amongst Goldwyn's first productions as an independent producer. It was directed by veteran [Allan Dwan](/source/Allan_Dwan) and is a surviving film at the [Museum of Modern Art](/source/Museum_of_Modern_Art), New York, and [Gosfilmofond](/source/Gosfilmofond) in Russia.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1988</ref><ref>[http://ibdb.com/show.php?id=9002 ''Fighting Odds'' produced as ''Under Sentence'' on Broadway at the Harris Theatre, October 3, 1916 to November 1916, 55 performances; IBDb.com]</ref><ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2836/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Fighting Odds'']</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''Fighting Odds'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=5 |issue=17 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |date=October 20, 1917 |location=New York |page=25 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald05exhi}}</ref> James Copley, through his generosity to his employees, wins their confidence and the enmity of John W. Blake, known as a breaker of men and fortunes. By making Copley president of Amalgamated Motors Company, Blake succeeds in ruining Copley and sending him to prison. His wife decides to free her husband and put Blake where he belongs. Through the old method of [vampiring](/source/Femme_fatale), Mrs. Copley succeeds in securing the evidence that frees her husband and puts Blake behind bars.

==Cast==
*[William T. Carleton](/source/William_T._Carleton) as District Attorney
*[Henry Clive](/source/Henry_Clive) as Mr. Copley
*[Charles Dalton](/source/Charles_Dalton_(actor)) as John W. Blake
*[Maxine Elliott](/source/Maxine_Elliott) as Mrs. Copley
*Eric Hudson as Detective Butler
*Regan Hughston as Jewett
*George Odell as Egan

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Fighting Odds}}
*{{IMDb title|0007944}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190809004342/https://sunypurchaselibrary.omeka.net/items/show/454 Lantern slide] (Wayback Machine)
*[https://www.moviestillsdb.com/movies/fighting-odds-i7944/UfxDEP Lobby cards] at moviestillsdb.com

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Category:1917 films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Allan Dwan
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Goldwyn Pictures films
Category:1917 drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:1917 American films
Category:1917 English-language films

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