The Rookie's Return Explained

The Rookie's Return
Director:	Jack Nelson
Producer:	Thomas H. Ince
Screenplay:	Archer MacMackin
Starring:	Douglas MacLean Doris May Frank Currier Leo White Kathleen Key Elinor Hancock
Cinematography:	Bert Cann
Editing:	Harry Marker
Studio:	Thomas H. Ince Corporation Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Rookie's Return is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Nelson and written by Archer MacMackin. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Doris May, Frank Currier, Leo White, Kathleen Key, and Elinor Hancock. The film was released on December 26, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.^{[1] [2]} A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress.^{[1] [3]}

The film was advertised as being a sequel to 23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919), which also starred MacLean and May, but their characters had different names in that film.

Cast

• Douglas MacLean as James Stewart Lee
• Doris May as Alicia
• Frank Currier as Dad
• Leo White as Henri
• Kathleen Key as Gloria
• Elinor Hancock as Mrs. Radcliffe
• William Courtright as Gregg
• Frank Clark as Tubbs
• Aggie Herring as Mrs. Perkins
• Wallace Beery as François Dupont

External links

• • The Rookie's Return at silenthollywood.com
• lobby poster, color

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Rookie's Return. silentera.com. January 23, 2015.
2. Web site: The Rookie's Return. afi.com. January 23, 2015.
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.155, c.1978 by The American Film Institute