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'''''Jack Straw''''' is a 1920 silent film comedy produced by [[Famous Players-Lasky]] and distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]]. [[William C. deMille]] directed the film and [[Robert Warwick]] and [[Carroll McComas]] star. The film is based on a 1908 stage play by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] starring [[John Drew, Jr.|John Drew]] and a young [[Mary Boland]]. |
'''''Jack Straw''''' is a 1920 silent film comedy produced by [[Famous Players-Lasky]] and distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]]. [[William C. deMille]] directed the film and [[Robert Warwick]] and [[Carroll McComas]] star. The film is based on a 1908 stage play by [[W. Somerset Maugham]] starring [[John Drew, Jr.|John Drew]] and a young [[Mary Boland]]. In 1926 Paramount attempted a remake of this film called ''The Waiter from the Ritz'' which was begun and/or completed but never released. [[James Cruze]] directed and [[Raymond Griffith]] starred however the film if completed is now [[lost film|lost]]. The 1920 film survives at the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/J/JackStraw1920.html ''Jack Straw'' at the silentera.com database]</ref> <ref>[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6580 ''Jack Straw'' presented as a play on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre, September 14, 1908 to December 1908; IBDb.com]</ref> |
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| Jack Straw | |
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| Directed by | William C. deMille |
| Written by | W. Somerset Maugham(play) Olga Printzlau(scenario) Elmer Harris(scenario) |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Robert Warwick Carroll McComas |
| Cinematography | L. Guy Wilky |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | March 14, 1920 |
Running time | 5 reels; 4,707 feet |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
Jack Straw is a 1920 silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. William C. deMille directed the film and Robert Warwick and Carroll McComas star. The film is based on a 1908 stage play by W. Somerset Maugham starring John Drew and a young Mary Boland. In 1926 Paramount attempted a remake of this film called The Waiter from the Ritz which was begun and/or completed but never released. James Cruze directed and Raymond Griffith starred however the film if completed is now lost. The 1920 film survives at the Library of Congress.[1] [2]
Cast
- Robert Warwick - Jack Straw
- Carroll McComas - Ethel Parker Jennings
- Charles Ogle - Mr. Parker Jennings
- Irene Sullivan - Mrs. Wanley
- Monte du Mont - Ambrose Holland
- Frances Parks - Rose
- Lucien Littlefield - Sherlo
- Robert Brower - Count of Pomerania
- Sylvia Ashton - Mrs. Parker Jennings
unbilled
- Mayme Kelso - unknown role