Jim the Penman (1915 film)

Jim the Penman is a 1915 silent film crime drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and released through Paramount Pictures. It was the first movie based on a well-known stage play, Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young, about a forger in Victorian Britain. The film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and starred stage actor John B. Mason, in his debut film, in line with Adolph Zukor's efforts to recruit famous stage actors for films. Co-starring with Mason was the young up-and-coming favorite Harold Lockwood. Mason had played the part on the stage in the 1910 season on Broadway.[1]

Jim the Penman
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Directed byEdwin S. Porter
Produced byAdolph Zukor
StarringJohn B. Mason
Harold Lockwood
CinematographyEdwin S. Porter
William Waddell
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 3, 1915 (1915-06-03)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film (English intertitles)

Some sources erroneously credit this film as being shot in a stereoscopic format, but it was in fact shot in the conventional 2D format. Stereoscopic tests films were shot by Porter (not for use in the film) using the sets and actors.[2] This film is lost.[3]

Plot

Louis Percival (Harold Lockwood) uses his forgery talent to woo Nina (Marguerite Leslie). He saves her father from bankruptcy by forging a check, but gets caught. Percival is then blackmailed to use his forgery skills to help the shady character who caught him.

Cast

See also

References
  1. ​Jim the Penman​ at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. "100th Anniversary of 3D". 3dfilmarchive.com.
  3. "Jim the Penman". silentera.com.


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