The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.
- Date of release
- 1920-07-31
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- King Vidor
Casting
- Harry Todd — Booge
- Bobby Kelso — Buddy
- F.A. Turner — Peter Lane
- Lillian Leighton — Widow Potter
- Florence Vidor — Marcia Montgomery
- Willis Marks — Rasmer Briggles
- James Corrigan — George Rapp
- Claire McDowell — Lize Merdin
- Charles Arling — The Doctor
- Irene Yeager — Susie
- Carol Marshall — Jane
- Anna Dodge — Undetermined Role
Interesting facts
The Jack-Knife Man is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and his debut film with First National. A story of Christian charity and the virtues of self-help, the work reflects his "Creed and Pledge", a declaration of his artistic principles published the same year. Prints of the film survive in several film archives.
Production
The Jack Knife Man was the first picture filmed at Vidor's newly constructed 15-acre studio, "Vidor Village" in Hollywood, California. The new studio was part of a joint venture by King Vidor and First National to create films, independent of the major studios, to show at First National's numerous theaters. Vidor paid for the construction of Vidor Village with a portion his $75,000 advance from the exhibitors.
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