Broadway Jones (film)

Broadway Jones
Broadway Jones
	Film poster
Directed by	Joseph Kaufman
Based on	Broadway Jones; by George M. Cohan
Produced by	George M. Cohan
Starring	George M. Cohan
Cinematography	Lawrence E. Williams
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	April 2, 1917;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Broadway Jones is a lost^[1] 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Joseph Kaufman and starring George M. Cohan, in his film debut, in a motion picture based on his 1912 play, Broadway Jones.^[2]^[3]^[4]

George M. Cohan and Ida Darling in publicity photo, 1917

Though no known copies survive of the film, a 1931 Paramount promotional film, The House That Shadows Built, contains a clip of Cohan which may be from either Broadway Jones or one of two other lost Cohan silent films from around the same time.

Cast[]

George M. Cohan as Broadway Jones
Marguerite Snow as Josie Richards
Russell Bassett as Andrew Jones
Crauford Kent as Robert Wallace (credited as Crawford Kent)
Ida Darling as Mrs. Gerard
Joseph W. Smiley (credited as Joe Smiley)
John De Lacey

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[1] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Broadway Jones

[2] Broadway Jones on Broadway 1912-13 at George M. Cohan's Theatre (played at George M. Cohan's Theatre)

[3] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Broadway Jones

[4] Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway Jones at silentera.com

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