Name: Fighting Cressy
Released: 1920
Cast: Blanche Sweet, Russell Simpson, Edward Peil, Pell Trenton, Antrim Short

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jan 11, 1920

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Jesse D. Hampton Productions

Distribution Company

Pathé Exchange, Inc.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Cressy by Bret Harte (Boston and New York, 1889).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

5,166ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

A feud over boundaries between the McKinstry and Harrison families, both from Kentucky, but squatting in California in search of gold, has caused Cressy McKinstry to show disdain for Joe Masters, a cousin of the Harrisons, even though she secretly loves him. Nellie Dabney, who left her husband Ben for city-bred John Ford but then was deserted by him, returns and is rejected by Ford, who is now the schoolteacher of the settlement and is attracted to Cressy. After Ben fights Ford and takes Nellie back, Cressy schemes with Ben for him to buy the land in her name. A San Franciscan representative of the legal owner arrives to take possession and provokes a fight at the boundary line which leaves Joe with a bullet in his arm. Cressy proves that the land belongs to her and Joe, who she will soon marry, and the families are reconciled.