The Fighting Shepherdess

{{short description|1920 film directed by Edward José}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Fighting Shepherdess | image = File:The Fighting Shepherdess (1920) - 5.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Edward José Millard Webb | producer = Louis B. Mayer Anita Stewart | screenplay = Frank Mitchell Dazey | based_on = {{based on|''The Fighting Shepherdess''|Caroline Lockhart}} | starring = Anita Stewart Wallace MacDonald Noah Beery Sr. Walter Long Eugenie Besserer John Hall | music = | cinematography = Tony Gaudio | editing = | studio = Anita Stewart Productions Louis B. Mayer Productions | distributor = First National Exhibitors' Circuit | released = {{Film date|1920|3|1}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Fighting Shepherdess''''' is a 1920 American silent Western-romance film directed by Edward José and Millard Webb and written by Frank Mitchell Dazey. It is based on the 1919 novel ''The Fighting Shepherdess'' by Caroline Lockhart. The film stars Anita Stewart, Wallace MacDonald, Noah Beery Sr., Walter Long, Eugenie Besserer and John Hall. The film was released on March 1, 1920, by First National Exhibitors' Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/494016/the-fighting-shepherdess |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709064732/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/494016/The-Fighting-Shepherdess/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |title=The Fighting Shepherdess (1920) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=July 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Janiss Garza |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/fighting-shepherdess-v91391 |title=Fighting Shepherdess (1920) - Edward José |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=July 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/17738 |title=The Fighting Shepherdess |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=July 8, 2018}}</ref>

==Plot== {{no plot|date=January 2024}}

==Cast== *Anita Stewart as Kate Prentice *Wallace MacDonald as Hughie *Noah Beery Sr. as Mormon Joe *Walter Long as Pete Mullendore *Eugenie Besserer as Jezebel *John Hall as Tetters *Gibson Gowland as Bowers *Calvert Carter as Mayor *Billie DeVail as Banker *Maude Wayne as Beth *Ben Lewis as Lingle *Will Jeffries as The Engineer

== Censorship == Before ''The Fighting Shepherdess'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of several scenes, including all scenes of drinking and drunk people. Other eliminations were the scene of a mixed-race man attacks a woman and the intertitle "Katie you'll make a fine squaw for some feller, you're sure takin' on shape."<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:Shepherd/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2026-05-23 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0011181|The Fighting Shepherdess}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fighting Shepherdess}} Category:1920 films Category:American silent romance films Category:1920 romance films Category:First National Pictures films Category:Films directed by Edward José Category:Films directed by Millard Webb Category:American silent feature films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1920 English-language films Category:1920 American films Category:American silent Western (genre) films Category:1920 Western (genre) films Category:English-language Western (genre) films Category:English-language romance films