The Fight for Freedom

1908 film

For other uses, see Fight for Freedom (disambiguation).

The Fight for Freedom

Directed by| possibly D. W. Griffith
Produced by| American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Starring| Florence Auer
Arthur V. Johnson
Kate Bruce
Cinematography| G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin
Distributed by| American Mutoscope and Biograph

Release date

* July 17, 1908 (1908-07-17)

Country| United States
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

The Fight for Freedom is a 1908 American black-and-white short silent Western film which may have been directed by D. W. Griffith. Filmed in Shadyside, New Jersey in June 1908, the film was released on July 17, 1908.[1]

## Plot[edit]

The film opens in a town on the Mexican border. A poker game is going on in the local saloon. One of the players cheats and is shot dead by another of the players, a Mexican named Pedro. In the uproar that follows, Pedro is wounded as he escapes from the saloon. The sheriff tracks Pedro to his home but Pedro kills him too. Pedro's wife, Juanita, and his mother hide him so he can recover from his wounds. The posse arrives and Juanita is arrested on suspicion of murdering the sheriff. Pedro rescues her from the town jail and the two head for the Mexican border. Caught by the posse before they reach the border, Juanita is killed and the film ends with Pedro being arrested and taken back to town.

## Cast[edit]

### Leads[edit]

* Florence Auer as Juanita
* Arthur V. Johnson as Pedro
* Kate Bruce as Pedro's mother

### Supporting[edit]

* John G. Adolfi
* Edward Dillon as posse member
* George Gebhardt as man in saloon / guard
* Wallace McCutcheon Jr.
* Anthony O'Sullivan as bartender
* Robert G. Vignola

## Attribution to D. W. Griffith[edit]

The film is said to have been directed by Griffith but the American Film Institute does not confirm this and queries it.[2] The Fight for Freedom was released only three days after Griffith's first directorial film, The Adventures of Dollie and only three days before another film attributed to him, The Tavern Keeper's Daughter. While the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company was known for the fast production times of its films, it is possible that Griffith had a role in the production of this one but it was actually directed by someone else.[3][4]

## See also[edit]

* D. W. Griffith filmography
* List of American films of 1908

## References[edit]

1. ^ Koszarski, Richard (April 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904–2004). John Libbey & Co. p. 59\. ISBN 978-08-61966-53-0.
2. ^ "The Fight for Freedom". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
3. ^ Graham, Cooper C. (1985). D.W. Griffith and the Biograph Company. Scarecrow Press. p. 21\. ISBN 978-08-10818-06-4.
4. ^ Barry, Iris (1965). D. W. Griffith, American Western film master. Museum of Modern Art. p. 40\. ISBN 978-08-70706-83-7.

## External links[edit]

* The Fight for Freedom at IMDb

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Films directed by D. W. Griffith

1908|

* The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
* The Fight for Freedom (1908)
* The Tavern Keeper's Daughter (1908)
* The Black Viper (1908)
* The Red Man and the Child (1908)
* Deceived Slumming Party (1908)
* The Bandit's Waterloo (1908)
* A Calamitous Elopement (1908)
* The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
* The Man and the Woman (1908)
* The Fatal Hour (1908)
* For Love of Gold (1908)
* Balked at the Altar (1908)
* For a Wife's Honor (1908)
* Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
* Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)
* The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
* Behind the Scenes (1908)
* The Red Girl (1908)
* The Heart of O'Yama (1908)
* Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
* A Smoked Husband (1908)
* The Stolen Jewels (1908)
* The Devil (1908)
* The Zulu's Heart (1908)
* Father Gets in the Game (1908)
* Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
* The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
* The Planter's Wife (1908)
* Romance of a Jewess (1908)
* The Call of the Wild (1908)
* Concealing a Burglar (1908)
* After Many Years (1908)
* The Pirate's Gold (1908)
* The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
* The Guerrilla (1908)
* The Song of the Shirt (1908)
* The Ingrate (1908)
* A Woman's Way (1908)
* The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
* Money Mad (1908)
* The Valet's Wife (1908)
* The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
* The Reckoning (1908)
* The Test of Friendship (1908)
* An Awful Moment (1908)
* The Christmas Burglars (1908)
* Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
* The Helping Hand (1908)

1909|

* One Touch of Nature (1909)
* The Maniac Cook (1909)
* Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
* The Honor of Thieves (1909)
* Love Finds a Way (1909)
* The Sacrifice (1909)
* A Rural Elopement (1909)
* Those Boys! (1909)
* The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
* The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909)
* Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
* Those Awful Hats (1909)
* The Welcome Burglar (1909)
* The Cord of Life (1909)
* The Girls and Daddy (1909)
* The Brahma Diamond (1909)
* Edgar Allen Poe (1909)
* A Wreath in Time (1909)
* Tragic Love (1909)
* The Curtain Pole (1909)
* His Ward's Love (1909)
* The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
* The Hindoo Dagger (1909)
* The Politician's Love Story (1909)
* The Golden Louis (1909)
* At the Altar (1909)
* The Prussian Spy (1909)
* His Wife's Mother (1909)
* A Fool's Revenge (1909)
* The Wooden Leg (1909)
* The Roue's Heart (1909)
* The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
* The Lure of the Gown (1909)
* I Did It (1909)
* The Voice of the Violin (1909)
* The Deception (1909)
* And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909)
* A Burglar's Mistake (1909)
* A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
* Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
* The Road to the Heart (1909)
* A Sound Sleeper (1909)
* Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
* Lucky Jim (1909)
* Resurrection (1909)
* Two Memories (1909)
* Eloping with Auntie (1909)
* The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)
* The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
* The Lonely Villa (1909)
* The Son's Return (1909)
* Her First Biscuits (1909)
* The Country Doctor (1909)
* The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
* Tender Hearts (1909)
* The Friend of the Family (1909)
* The Renunciation (1909)
* The Mended Lute (1909)
* The Sealed Room (1909)
* The Little Darling (1909)
* The Hessian Renegades (1909)
* Getting Even (1909)
* Leather Stocking (1909)
* Pippa Passes or The Song of Conscience (1909)
* Fools of Fate (1909)
* The Gibson Goddess (1909)
* Nursing a Viper (1909)
* The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
* Through the Breakers (1909)
* The Red Man's View (1909)
* A Corner in Wheat (1909)
* A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
* In Little Italy (1909)
* To Save Her Soul (1909)
* The Day After (1909)
* Choosing a Husband (1909)
* Bill Sharkey's Last Game (1909)

1910|

* The Rocky Road (1910)
* The Woman from Mellon's (1910)
* The Englishman and the Girl (1910)
* In Old California (1910)
* Faithful (1910)
* The Two Brothers (1910)
* As It Is In Life (1910)
* A Romance of the Western Hills (1910)
* The Unchanging Sea (1910)
* Ramona (1910)
* In the Season of Buds (1910)
* A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
* In the Border States (1910)
* What the Daisy Said (1910)
* A Flash of Light (1910)
* An Arcadian Maid (1910)
* The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
* Wilful Peggy (1910)
* The Modern Prodigal (1910)
* A Mohawk's Way (1910)
* The Oath and the Man (1910)
* Rose O'Salem-Town (1910)
* The Fugitive (1910)
* Winning Back His Love (1910)

1911|

* The Two Paths (1911)
* The Italian Barber (1911)
* His Trust (1911)
* His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
* Fate's Turning (1911)
* Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)
* What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
* Fisher Folks (1911)
* His Daughter (1911)
* The Lily of the Tenements (1911)
* A Decree of Destiny (1911)
* Was He a Coward? (1911)
* The Lonedale Operator (1911)
* The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
* The Broken Cross (1911)
* How She Triumphed (1911)
* The New Dress (1911)
* The Crooked Road (1911)
* The White Rose of the Wilds (1911)
* The Smile of a Child (1911)
* Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
* Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
* The Primal Call (1911)
* Fighting Blood (1911)
* The Indian Brothers (1911)
* A Country Cupid (1911)
* The Last Drop of Water (1911)
* Out from the Shadow (1911)
* The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
* Swords and Hearts (1911)
* The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1911)
* Her Awakening (1911)
* The Making of a Man (1911)
* The Adventures of Billy (1911)
* The Long Road (1911)
* Love in the Hills (1911)
* The Battle (1911)
* Through Darkened Vales (1911)
* The Miser's Heart (1911)
* A Woman Scorned (1911)
* The Voice of the Child (1911)

1912|

* The Eternal Mother (1912)
* The Old Bookkeeper (1912)
* For His Son (1912)
* The Transformation of Mike (1912)
* A Sister's Love (1912)
* Under Burning Skies (1912)
* The Sunbeam (1912)
* A String of Pearls (1912)
* The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
* The Root of Evil (1912)
* The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)
* The Punishment (1912)
* The Female of the Species (1912)
* Just Like a Woman (1912)
* One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
* The Lesser Evil (1912)
* A Beast at Bay (1912)
* An Outcast Among Outcasts (1912)
* Home Folks (1912)
* A Temporary Truce (1912)
* The Spirit Awakened (1912)
* Man's Lust for Gold (1912)
* Man's Genesis (1912)
* The Sands of Dee (1912)
* The Narrow Road (1912)
* The Inner Circle (1912)
* A Change of Spirit (1912)
* An Unseen Enemy (1912)
* Blind Love (1912)
* The Massacre (1912)
* Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
* Friends (1912)
* So Near, yet So Far (1912)
* A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
* The Chief's Blanket (1912)
* In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
* The One She Loved (1912)
* The Painted Lady (1912)
* The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
* Heredity (1912)
* Gold and Glitter (1912)
* My Baby (1912)
* The Informer (1912)
* Brutality (1912)
* The New York Hat (1912)
* My Hero (1912)
* The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)
* A Cry for Help (1912)
* The God Within (1912)

1913|

* Three Friends (1913)
* The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
* An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)
* The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
* A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
* Brothers (1913)
* Oil and Water (1913)
* A Chance Deception (1913)
* Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
* Broken Ways (1913)
* A Girl's Stratagem (1913)
* The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
* Near to Earth (1913)
* Fate (1913)
* A Welcome Intruder (1913)
* The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
* The Hero of Little Italy (1913)
* The Little Tease (1913)
* A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
* The Left-Handed Man (1913)
* The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
* If We Only Knew (1913)
* The Wanderer (1913)
* The Stolen Loaf (1913)
* The House of Darkness (1913)
* The Yaqui Cur (1913)
* Just Gold (1913)
* The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
* A Timely Interception (1913)
* Death's Marathon (1913)
* The Mothering Heart (1913)
* The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
* The Enemy's Baby (1913)
* The Mistake (1913)
* Two Men of the Desert (1913)
* Madonna of the Storm (1913)
* The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
* The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)

1914–1931|

* Judith of Bethulia (1914)
* Battle of the Sexes (1914, lost)
* Brute Force (1914)
* Home, Sweet Home (1914)
* The Escape (1914, lost)
* The Avenging Conscience: or "Thou Shalt Not Kill" (1914)
* The Birth of a Nation (1915)
* Intolerance (1916)
* Hearts of the World (1918)
* The Great Love (1918, lost)
* Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918, lost)
* The Greatest Thing in Life (1918, lost)
* A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
* The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
* Broken Blossoms (1919)
* True Heart Susie (1919)
* Scarlet Days (1919)
* The Greatest Question (1919)
* The Idol Dancer (1920)
* Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
* The Love Flower (1920)
* Way Down East (1920)
* Dream Street (1921)
* Orphans of the Storm (1921)
* One Exciting Night (1922)
* The White Rose (1923)
* America (1924)
* Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
* Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
* That Royle Girl (1925, lost)
* The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
* Drums of Love (1928)
* The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
* Lady of the Pavements (1929)
* Abraham Lincoln (1930)
* The Struggle (1931)

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