Jack Spurlock, Prodigal

Jack Spurlock, Prodigal (1918)

George Walsh plays the "prodigal" hero in this fast-moving star vehicle from the Fox factory. An incurable cut-up, Jack Spurlock throws a college campus in an uproar when he shows up the first day of classes with his pet bear. Needless to say, Jack is immediately booted out of college, infuriating his big-businessman father (Dan Mason).

Date of release
1918-02-10
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Carl Harbaugh

Casting

Interesting facts

Jack Spurlock, Prodigal is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Carl Harbaugh and starring George Walsh, Dan Mason, and Ruth Taylor. It is based on the best-selling 1908 novel of the same name by George Horace Lorimer which is first published as a serial in the Saturday Evening Post. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on February 10, 1918, as a Special Features release.

Production

William Fox states at the time that he paid George Horace Lorimer more for the privilege of filming Jack Spurlock, Prodigal than he ever before paid for a similar privilege. Lead actor George Walsh said he enjoy his work in this film, describing as the "best he ever did".

The director, Carl Harbaugh, proclaims his willingness to be judged as a director by the results he obtained in the film story.

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