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Jim the Penman
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6100 feet
Directed by Kenneth Webb

Cast: Lionel Barrymore [James Ralston], Doris Rankin [Nina Bronson], Anders Randolf [Baron Hartfeld], Douglas MacPherson [Louis Percival], Gladys Leslie [Agnes Ralston], Charles Coghlan [Captain Redwood], James Laffey [E.J. Smith], Ned Burton [Enoch Bronson], Arthur Rankin [Lord Drelincourt]

Whitman Bennett Productions production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Attraction]. / Produced by Whitman Bennett. Scenario by Dorothy Farnham, from the play Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young. Cinematography by T.L. Griffith and Harry Stradling. Presented by Whitman Bennett. / © 21 March 1921 by Whitman Bennett [LP16298]. © 5 April 1918 by Whitman Bennett [LP16355]. Released April 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as Jim the Penman (1915).

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Banks: Crime: Forgery - Criminals: Forgers - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives

Listing updated: 6 May 2018.

References: Website-AFI.