Broadway Jones (film) explained

Broadway Jones
Director:Joseph Kaufman
Producer:George M. Cohan
Starring:George M. Cohan
Cinematography:Lawrence E. Williams
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime: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] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3999/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Broadway Jones
  2. http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=7499 Broadway Jones on Broadway 1912-13 at George M. Cohan's Theatre
  3. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18029 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Broadway Jones
  4. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BroadwayJones1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway Jones