Jim the Penman (1921 film)
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Jim the Penman is a 1921 silent
film crime drama produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed through Associated First National, later just First National Pictures. It is based on a well known Broadway play Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young. The film stars Lionel Barrymore
and was directed by Kenneth Webb
, the duo having worked on The Great Adventure
previously. Jim the Penman is preserved though incomplete at the Library of Congress
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film crime drama produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed through Associated First National, later just First National Pictures. It is based on a well known Broadway play Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young. The film stars Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
and was directed by Kenneth Webb
Kenneth Webb
Kenneth S. Webb was an American film director, screenwriter, and composer noted for directing a number of films in the early age of the American film industry...
, the duo having worked on The Great Adventure
The Great Adventure (1921 film)
The Great Adventure is a 1921 silent film romantic-comedy produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed by First National Pictures, then called Associated First National. The film was directed by Kenneth Webb and starred Lionel Barrymore. Fredric March made his screen debut in this film. Remade in...
previously. Jim the Penman is preserved though incomplete at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
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Cast
- Lionel BarrymoreLionel BarrymoreLionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
- Jaames Ralston - Ned Burton - Enoch Bronson
- Charles CoghlanCharles F Coghlan (actor)Charles Coghlan , American actor and writer, was the nephew of Rose Coghlan.Charles Coghlan died in 1972 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.-External links:...
- Captain Redwood - James Laffey - E. J. Smith
- Gladys LeslieGladys LeslieGladys Leslie was an American actress in silent film, active in the 1910s and 1920s. Though less-remembered than superstars like Mary Pickford, she had a number of starring roles from 1917 to the early 1920s and was one of the young female stars of her day.-Film career:Leslie began her movie...
- Agnes Ralston - Douglas MacPherson - Louis Percival
- Anders RandolfAnders RandolfAnders Randolf was a Danish American actor in American films from 1913 to 1931.Anders was born in Viborg, Denmark where he became a professional soldier in the Danish army and a world-class swordsman. He immigrated to the United States in 1895, quickly giving in to a lifelong passion for the...
- Baron Hartfeld - Arthur Rankin - Lord Drelincourt
- Doris RankinDoris RankinDoris Rankin was an American film actress and the younger daughter of actor McKee Rankin and an unnamed actress though Rankin was married to actress Kitty Blanchard. She was married to actor Lionel Barrymore from 1904-1923. Her older sister, Gladys Rankin, was married to Lionel's uncle Sidney Drew...
- Nina Bronson