Broadway Jones is a lost 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.Broadway Jones on Broadway 1912-13 at George M. Cohan's Theatre (played at George M. Cohan's Theatre)Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway Jones at silentera.com
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.
Cast George M. Cohan as Broadway Jones Marguerite Snow as Josie Richards Russell Bassett as Andrew Jones Crauford Kent as Robert Wallace (credited as Crawford Kent) Ida Darling as Mrs. Gerard Joseph W. Smiley (credited as Joe Smiley) John De Lacey
Production Production was delayed due to the principal cast being temporarily blinded by the lights on the Knickerbocker Hotel lobby set.
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Lobby card cluster (archived) Portrait (archived)