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| ~Jim the Penman~ 1921 |
| Directed by: Kenneth S. Webb Written by: Dorothy Farnum Based on the play by Charles Lawrence Young |
| ~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 Charles Edwards ... Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: Whitman Bennett Productions Distribution Company: Associated First National Pictures Produced by: Whitman Bennett Cinematography by: Tom L. Griffith & Harry Stradling Sr. Art Direction by: Roy Webb Set Decoration by: R.E. Wortham Assistant Director: James Dealy Length: 6 Reels Runtime: 60 Minutes Released: April 1921 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Lionel Barrymore stars in this melodrama, based on the play by Sir James L. Young. Jim Ralston
(Barrymore) is a country bank clerk who has a talent for forging signatures. He's in love with Nina
Bronson (Doris Rankin, Barrymore's real life wife) and saves her father (Ned Burton) from financial
ruin by forging a check. Baron Hartfeld, the check's owner (Anders Randolf), catches him, but instead
of prosecuting, he decides that Jim could be of use. As a result, Ralston winds up in charge of a gang
of forgers. He also destroys Nina's romance with Louis Percival (Douglas MacPherson) through a
series of forged notes. Jim then marries Nina and their daughter Louise grows up to become engaged
to the son of an English banker who is about to be victimized by Jim's gang. Then Percival and Nina
discover the forgeries that caused their misunderstanding. Jim realizes it is the end for him, so he
takes his gang out on a yacht and sinks it, killing everyone aboard.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
(Barrymore) is a country bank clerk who has a talent for forging signatures. He's in love with Nina
Bronson (Doris Rankin, Barrymore's real life wife) and saves her father (Ned Burton) from financial
ruin by forging a check. Baron Hartfeld, the check's owner (Anders Randolf), catches him, but instead
of prosecuting, he decides that Jim could be of use. As a result, Ralston winds up in charge of a gang
of forgers. He also destroys Nina's romance with Louis Percival (Douglas MacPherson) through a
series of forged notes. Jim then marries Nina and their daughter Louise grows up to become engaged
to the son of an English banker who is about to be victimized by Jim's gang. Then Percival and Nina
discover the forgeries that caused their misunderstanding. Jim realizes it is the end for him, so he
takes his gang out on a yacht and sinks it, killing everyone aboard.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
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