{{short description|1923 film by John S. Robertson}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fighting Blade | director = John S. Robertson | image = Richard Barthelmess as Karl Van Kerstenbroock.jpg | caption = Film still with Richard Barthelmess | screenplay = Josephine Lovett (scenario)<br>Don Bartlett (titles) | story = Beulah Marie Dix | cinematography = George J. Folsey | released = {{Film date|1923|09|10}} | studio = Inspiration Company | distributor = Associated First National Pictures | runtime = 9 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }}
'''''The Fighting Blade''''' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John S. Robertson and released by Associated First National Pictures in 1923.<ref name="SilentEra">[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FightingBlade1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Fighting Blade''] at silentera.com</ref>
==Cast== * Richard Barthelmess as Karl Van Kerstenbroock * Dorothy Mackaill as Thomsine Musgrove * Lee Baker as Earl of Staversham * Morgan Wallace as Lord Robert Erisey * Bradley Barker as Watt Musgrove * Frederick Burton as Oliver Cromwell * Stuart Sage as Viscount Carlsford * Philip Tead as Lord Trevor * Walter Horton as Bob Ayskew * Allyn King as Charlotte Musgrove * Marcia Harris as Joan Laycock
== Censorship == Before ''The Fighting Blade'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of a close-up of the wedge and blood dripping down an arm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:fighting%20blade/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2026-05-24 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}</ref>
==Preservation== A copy of ''The Fighting Blade'' is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.<ref>[http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=9&ti=1,9&Search%5FArg=dorothy%20gish&SL=None&Search%5FCode=GKEY%5E&CNT=50&PID=WTOWegbLsBkr6FF8JI8Ja5hwJGrDC&SEQ=20121126020248&SID=2 UCLA film archive record]</ref><ref name="SilentEra"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|The Fighting Blade}} *{{IMDb title|0014039}} *[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294955414&dsRecordDetails=R:IM3254 Film still] at wisconsinhistory.org
{{John S. Robertson}}
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