Jack Straw (film)
| Jack Straw | |
|---|---|
| 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 | United States |
| 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