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The Jailbird

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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama

Screenplay
  
Julien Josephson

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Country
  
United States

Director
  
Lloyd Ingraham

Story by
  
Julien Josephson

Duration
  


Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Writer
  
Julien Josephson (scenario)

Release date
  
October 10, 1920 (1920-10-10)

Cast
  
Monte Collins
(Asa Grider),
Douglas MacLean
(Shakespeare Clancy),
Joseph Hazelton
(Alva Finch),
William Courtright
(Noah Gibbs),
Otto Hoffman
(Elkemah Pardee)

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The Jailbird is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by Julien Josephson. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Doris May, Louis Morrison, William Courtright, Wilbur Higby, and Otto Hoffman. The film was released on October 10, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, Shakespeare Clancy (MacLean), adroit in the art of opening safes, escapes from prison when his term still has six months to run and returns with 'Skeeter' Burns (Morrison), a friend who has just finished his sentence, to Dodson, Kansas, where Shakespeare has inherited a run-down newspaper and some worthless real estate. His first issue of the newspaper antagonizes the people of the town, and he promotes an oil stock scheme to get their money, setting up a well on his property. After he has collected money from practically all of the town residents, he prepares for his getaway only to find that Alice Whitney (May), a young woman he has come to love, owns two thousand dollars of the worthless stock. An unexpected gusher from the well on his property paves the way for a happy ending, with Shakespeare returning to prison to complete his interrupted sentence.

Cast

  • Douglas MacLean as Shakespeare Clancy
  • Doris May as Alice Whitney
  • Louis Morrison as 'Skeeter' Burns
  • William Courtright as Noah Gibbs
  • Wilbur Higby as Joel Harvey
  • Otto Hoffman as Elkemah Pardee
  • Monte Collins as Asa Grider
  • Bert Woodruff as Grandpa Binney
  • Edith Yorke as Mrs. Whitney
  • Joseph Hazelton as Alva Finch
  • Preservation status

    A copy of The Jailbird is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

    References

    The Jailbird Wikipedia
    The Jailbird IMDb