# My Fighting Gentleman

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{{Infobox film
| name           = My Fighting Gentleman
| image          = My Fighting Gentleman (1917) - 1.jpg
| caption        = Francelia Billington between scenes enjoying a drink<ref name=ff>{{Cite book |last=Leslie-Judge Company |url=http://archive.org/details/filmfun334345lesl |title=Film Fun (1917) |date=1917 |publisher=Leslie-Judge Company |others=MBRS Library of Congress}}</ref>
| director       = [Edward Sloman](/source/Edward_Sloman)
| producer       =
| writer         = [Doris Schroeder](/source/Doris_Schroeder)<br>[Nell Shipman](/source/Nell_Shipman)
| starring       = [William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(American_actor)) <br>[Francelia Billington](/source/Francelia_Billington)
| cinematography =
| editing        =
| distributor    = [Mutual Film](/source/Mutual_Film)
| released       = {{Film date|1917|03|12}}
| runtime        = 5 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}

'''''My Fighting Gentleman''''' (also known as '''''A Son of Battle''''') is a 1917 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [historical drama film](/source/historical_drama_film) directed by [Edward Sloman](/source/Edward_Sloman) with the storyline by [Doris Schroeder](/source/Doris_Schroeder) and [Nell Shipman](/source/Nell_Shipman). The film stars [William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(American_actor)) and [Francelia Billington](/source/Francelia_Billington).

==Cast==
*[William Russell](/source/William_Russell_(American_actor)) as Frank Carlisle
*[Francelia Billington](/source/Francelia_Billington) as Virginia Leighton<ref name=ff/>
*[Charles Newton](/source/Charles_Newton_(actor)) as Colonel Carlisle
*Jack Vosburgh as Huntly Thornton
*[Clarence Burton](/source/Clarence_Burton) as Isiah Gore
*[Harry von Meter](/source/Harry_von_Meter) as Judge Pembroke
*[William Carroll](/source/William_A._Carroll) as Jubilee
*[Sid Algier](/source/Sidney_Algier) as Jim
*[Lucille Ward](/source/Lucille_Ward) as Undetermined Role

==See also==
* [List of films and television shows about the American Civil War](/source/List_of_films_and_television_shows_about_the_American_Civil_War)

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|My Fighting Gentleman}}
*{{IMDb title|0008342}}

Category:1917 films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Edward Sloman
Category:American historical drama films
Category:1910s historical drama films
Category:1917 drama films
Category:1917 American films
Category:American silent drama films

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