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Jim the Penman is a 1915 silent film crime drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and released through Paramount Pictures. It was the first movie based on a well-known stage play, Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young, about a forger in Victorian Britain. The film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and starred stage actor John B. Mason, in his debut film, in line with Adolph Zukor's efforts to recruit famous stage actors for films. Co-starring with Mason was the young up-and-coming favorite Harold Lockwood. Mason had played the part on the stage in the 1910 season on Broadway.[1]

Jim the Penman
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Directed by	Edwin S. Porter
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	John B. Mason Harold Lockwood
Cinematography	Edwin S. Porter William Waddell
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 3, 1915 (1915-06-03)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

Some sources erroneously credit this film as being shot in a stereoscopic format, but it was in fact shot in the conventional 2D format. Stereoscopic tests films were shot by Porter (not for use in the film) using the sets and actors.[2] This film is lost.[3]

Plot

Louis Percival (Harold Lockwood) uses his forgery talent to woo Nina (Marguerite Leslie). He saves her father from bankruptcy by forging a check, but gets caught. Percival is then blackmailed to use his forgery skills to help the shady character who caught him.

Cast

• Harold Lockwood - Louis Percival
• John B. Mason - James Ralston
• Russell Bassett - Baron Hartfield
• Frederick Perry - Captain Redwood
• William Roselle - Lord Drelincourt
• Marguerite Leslie - Nina L'Estrange

See also

• Jim the Penman (1921 film)
• List of lost films

References

External links

• Jim the Penman at IMDb
• Jim the Penman at SilentEra
• Jim the Penman at AllMovie

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