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Jack Straw (1920 film)

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'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. Winston Churchill made a cameo appearance in the original film. 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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/J/JackStraw1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Jack Straw'] at silentera.com[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6580 'Jack Straw' presented as a play on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre, September 14, 1908 to December 1908; IBDb.com][http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1953/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Jack Straw']

Plot



Based upon a review of the plot in a film publication, 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. The girl's mother then gladly announces her daughter's engagement to Jack.

Cast



*Robert Warwick as Jack Straw

*Carroll McComas as Ethel Parker Jennings

*Charles Ogle as Mr. Parker Jennings

*Irene Sullivan as Mrs. Wanley

*Monte du Mont as Ambrose Holland

*Frances Parks as Rose

*Lucien Littlefield as Sherlo

*Robert Brower as Count of Pomerania

*Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Parker Jennings

'unbilled'

*Mayme Kelso (unknown role)

References




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