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Broadway Jones (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Broadway Jones' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3999/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Broadway Jones'] 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Kaufman and starring George M. Cohan, in his film debut, in a motion picture based on his 1912 play, 'Broadway Jones'.[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=7499 'Broadway Jones' on Broadway 1912-13 at George M. Cohan's Theatre] (played at George M. Cohan's Theatre)[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18029 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Broadway Jones'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BroadwayJones1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Broadway Jones'] at silentera.com
Though no known copies survive of the film, a 1931 Paramount promotional film, 'The House That Shadows Built', contains a clip of Cohan which may be from either 'Broadway Jones' or one of two other lost Cohan silent films from around the same time.
Cast
*George M. Cohan as Broadway Jones
*Marguerite Snow as Josie Richards
*Russell Bassett as Andrew Jones
*Crauford Kent as Robert Wallace (credited as Crawford Kent)
*Ida Darling as Mrs. Gerard
*Joseph W. Smiley (credited as Joe Smiley)
*John De Lacey
References
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