Jim the Penman
(1915) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Cast: John Mason [James Ralston], Harold Lockwood [Louis Percival], Russell Bassett [Baron Hartfeld], Frederick Perry [Captain Redwood], William Roselle [Lord Drelincourt], Marguerite Leslie [Nina L’Estrange]

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the play Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young. Cinematography by [?] Edwin S. Porter and William E. Waddell? Presented by Daniel Frohman. / Released [?] 3 or 10? June 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Porter-Waddell [?] single-strip over-and-under or dual-strip? anaglyphic stereoscopic process. / Mason’s film debut. [?] The film may have been released in two forms: one version as a one reel stereoscopic edition for limited release, and the other a standard 35mm flat feature length version. In early June 1915, Porter and William E. Waddell presented stereoscopic motion pictures in a program at the Astor Theatre in New York, New York, which included scenes from this film. The play was subsequently filmed as Jim the Penman (1921).

Drama: Crime.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Banks: Clerks - Crime: Forgery - Criminals: Forgers - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Stereoscopic films - 3D film - United Kingdom: England: London - USA: Illinois: Chicago

Listing updated: 17 October 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2280; Hayes-3D pp. 3-5.