Hearts and Fists

1926 film

Clarence Budington Kelland
Paul Schofield

Produced byH.C. WeaverStarring

John Bowers
Marguerite De La Motte
Alan Hale

CinematographyAbe ScholtzEdited byPeter L. Shamray

Production
company

H.C. Weaver Productions

Distributed byAssociated Exhibitors

Release date

August 9, 1926 (1926-08-09)

Running time

6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Hearts and Fists is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, and Alan Hale.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Larry Pond, a young man whose father dies and leaves him a failing lumbering business, falls in love with Alexia Newton, the fiancé of his crooked business rival. His rival attempts to ruin his plant. His blocking the attempt proves to the young woman which is the better man, and an unusual marriage ceremony follows.

Cast

John Bowers as Larry Pond
Marguerite De La Motte as Alexia Newton
Alan Hale as Preston Tolley
Dan Mason as Tacitus Hopper
Lois Ingraham as Jean Carroll
Howard Russell as Luther Newton
Jack Curtis as Gus Brent
Kent Mead as Egbert Head
Charles Hill Mailes as Bill Fawcett

References

^ Munden p. 334
^ "New Pictures: Hearts and Fists". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (2). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 66 December 26, 1925. Retrieved January 17, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.