| 词条 | Jack Straw (1920 film) |
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| name = Jack Straw | image =Robert Warwick in Jack Straw.png | imagesize = | caption =Newspaper ad for the film. | director = William C. deMille | producer = Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky | writer = Olga Printzlau (scenario) Elmer Harris (scenario) | based on = {{based on|Jack Straw|W. Somerset Maugham}} | starring = Robert Warwick Carroll McComas | cinematography = L. Guy Wilky | editing = | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1920|03|14}} | runtime = 5 reels; 4,707 feet | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }}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.[1][2][3] PlotBased upon a review of the plot in a film publication,[4] 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
References1. ^Progressive Silent Film List: Jack Straw at silentera.com 2. ^Jack Straw presented as a play on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre, September 14, 1908 to December 1908; IBDb.com 3. ^The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Jack Straw 4. ^{{cite journal |title=Jack Straw: Obvious Light Comedy Has Amusing Moments |journal=Motion Picture News |volume=21 |issue=16 |page=3365 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York City |date=Apr 10, 1920 |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew212unse |accessdate=2014-02-21}} External links
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