Broadway Jones | |
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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 |
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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]
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.
Production was delayed due to the principal cast being temporarily blinded by the lights on the Knickerbocker Hotel lobby set. [5]