Soldiers of Fortune
Cast & Crew
Allan Dwan
Norman Kerry
Pauline Starke
Anna Q. Nilsson
Melbourne Macdowell
Wallace Beery
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Civil engineer Robert Clay is commissioned by wealthy New Yorker Mr. Langham to open iron deposits in the tiny South American republic of Olancho. General Mendoza, the unscrupulous head of the army, unsuccessfully tries to persuade President Alvarez, and then Clay, to divide the spoils of the contract. Mendoza begins a revolution against Alvarez, but Clay and his men set out to stop the plan. Meanwhile, Mr. Langham arrives with his two attractive daughers, Alice and Hope, on board a yacht owned by Reginald King, Alice's suitor. Clay's long-lived attraction for Alice has been met with coldness, but Hope wins his heart by shooting down some of Mendoza's men when they try to kill him. After a fierce battle, and the arrival of a U.S. battleship with sailors, Mendoza is defeated.
Director
Allan Dwan
Cast
Norman Kerry
Pauline Starke
Anna Q. Nilsson
Melbourne Macdowell
Wallace Beery
Wilfred Lucas
Herald Lindsay
Ward Crane
Frank Wally
Fred Kohler
Philo Mccullough
Ogden Crane
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Arthur Pryor composed a special orchestral piece to accompany screenings of this film called "Soldiers of Fortune March." In early November 1919, pre-release screenings occurred in Washington, D.C. as a benefit for the Trinity community, a welfare organization, sponsored in part by Eleanor Roosevelt. The film had many other special screenings, including one in New York City, which Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. attended. According to news items, Soldiers of Fortune was the first film Allan Dwan made as an independent producer for the Mayflower Photoplay Corp. Modern sources credit Ferdinand P. Earle with art designs.
