Jack Straw (1920)
Jack Straw (Warwick) is an iceman who becomes a waiter to be closer to the girl (McComas) he is interested in. Later, to impress her, he impersonates an Archduke from Pomerania. A Count from Pomerania (Brower) who is the ambassador arrives and learns of the long-missing son of royalty. The girl's mother (Ashton) learns of the trick being played by Jack. Just when Jack is exposed as being a fraud, it turns out that he is the genuine article.
- Date of release
- 1920-03-14
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- William C. deMille
Casting
- 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
- Mayme Kelso
Interesting facts
Jack Straw is a 1920 American silent comedy film 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; this film, if completed, is now lost. The 1920 film survives at the Library of Congress.
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