Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919)
"And everywhere that Mary went The "Kidd" was sure to go."
An old man wills a map to his grandson, with instructions showing a buried treasure, but it is accidentally sold to a book store. The owner and her granddaughter Mary discover it. Mary and her boyfriend an aspiring author, meet the desperate grandson and agree to share the treasure.
- Date of release
- 1919-04-05
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- William Desmond Taylor
Casting
- Mary Pickford — Mary MacTavish
- Douglas MacLean — Jim Gleason
- Spottiswoode Aitken — Augus MacTavish
- Robert Gordon — Willie Carlton
- Winter Hall — John Brent
- Marcia Manon — Marion Fisher
- Victor Potel — Constable Sam
- Vin Moore — Luella Butterfield
- William Hutchison — Lemuel Butterfield
- Clarence Geldart — David Grayson
- Louise Emmons — (uncredited)
- Joan Marsh — Child (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Captain Kidd, Jr. is a 1919 American silent film produced by and starring Mary Pickford and directed by William Desmond Taylor. It is her last released film for distribution by Paramount Pictures before moving to First National. The film is based on the 1916 play Captain Kidd Junior by Rida Johnson Young. Frequent Pickford collaborator Frances Marion wrote the scenario. This film exists in an incomplete print, with only two of the five reels.
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