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Little Johnny Jones
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6800 or 7165? feet
Directed by Arthur Rosson [?] + [Johnny Hines]?

Cast: Johnny Hines [Johnny Jones], Wyndham Standing [the Earl of Bloomsburg], Margaret Seddon [Mrs. Jones], Herbert Prior [Sir James Smythe], Molly Malone [Edith Smythe], George Webb [Robert Anstead], Mervyn LeRoy [George Nelson, a jockey], [?] Harry Myers, ‘Fat’ Carr (Fatty Carr) or Nat Carr? [the chauffeur], Pauline French [Lady Jane Smythe], Coy Watson Jr., Brownie the dog [Johnny’s dog]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Raymond L. Schrock, from the play Little Johnny Jones by George M. Cohan. Assistant director, Charles Hines. Cinematography by Charles E. Gilson. Film editor, Clarence Kolster. / © 1 August 1923 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP19266]. Released 19 August 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was subsequently filmed as Little Johnny Jones (1929).

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 23 February 2009.

References: Kerr-Silent p. 289; Watson-Keystone p. 308 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.