Jack Straw is a 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. William C. deMille directed the film and Robert Warwick and Carroll McComas star. The film is based on a 1908 stage play by W. Somerset Maugham starring John Drew and a young Mary Boland. In 1926 Paramount attempted a remake of this film called The Waiter from the Ritz which was begun and/or completed but never released. James Cruze directed and Raymond Griffith starred; this film, if completed, is now lost. The 1920 film survives at the Library of Congress.Progressive Silent Film List: Jack Straw at silentera.comJack Straw presented as a play on Broadway by Charles Frohman at the Empire Theatre, September 14, 1908 to December 1908; IBDb.comThe Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Jack Straw
Plot Based upon a review of the plot in a film publication, Jack Straw is an iceman who becomes a waiter to be closer to the girl he is interested in. Later, to impress her, he impersonates an Archduke from Pomerania. A Count from Pomerania who is the ambassador arrives and learns of the long-missing son of royalty. The girl's mother learns of the trick being played by Jack. Just when Jack is exposed as being a fraud, it turns out that he is the genuine article. The girl's mother then gladly announces her daughter's engagement to Jack.
Cast Robert Warwick as Jack Straw Carroll McComas as Ethel Parker Jennings Charles Ogle as Mr. Parker Jennings Irene Sullivan as Mrs. Wanley Monte du Mont as Ambrose Holland Frances Parks as Rose Lucien Littlefield as Sherlo Robert Brower as Count of Pomerania Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Parker Jennings
unbilled Mayme Kelso (unknown role)
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