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  • Jack Straw (1920)
  • Approved
    50 min | Comedy
Jack Straw (1920)
Approved
50 min | Comedy

Jack Straw, an iceman, falls in love with the voice of Ethel Parker Jennings which he is accustomed to hearing down the dumbwaiter shaft of his Harlem flat. When the Jennings family acquires wealth through an oil investment, they move to ...See moreJack Straw, an iceman, falls in love with the voice of Ethel Parker Jennings which he is accustomed to hearing down the dumbwaiter shaft of his Harlem flat. When the Jennings family acquires wealth through an oil investment, they move to California and Jack follows. Finding employment as a waiter, Jack meets Holland, who holds a grudge against the snobbish Mrs. Jennings. Holland enlists Jack in a scheme to humiliate the haughty woman by persuading the waiter to impersonate the Archduke of Pomerania. Jack consents, seizing upon the opportunity to be near Ethel, and during Jack's stay with the Jennings, the couple fall in love. Eventually Holland decides that the joke has gone too far and unmasks Jack. Mrs. Jennings expels Jack from the house, but when the real ambassador from Pomerania appears and documents Jack's authenticity, she recants and announces Ethel's engagement to the archduke waiter. Written by AFI See less
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Writers
W. Somerset Maugham (play) | Olga Printzlau (scenario) | Elmer Harris (scenario)
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Updated Mar 14, 1920

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Mar 14, 1920 (United States)

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10 cast members
Name Known for
Robert Warwick
Jack Straw Jack Straw   See fewer
Carroll McComas
Ethel Parker Jennings (as Carol McComas) Ethel Parker Jennings (as Carol McComas)   See fewer
Charles Ogle
Mr. Parker Jennings Mr. Parker Jennings   See fewer
Irene Sullivan
Mrs. Wanley Mrs. Wanley   See fewer
Monte du Mont
Ambrose Holland Ambrose Holland   See fewer
Robert Brower
Count of Pomerania Count of Pomerania   See fewer
Sylvia Ashton
Mrs. Parker Jennings Mrs. Parker Jennings   See fewer
Mayme Kelso
Undetermined Role Undetermined Role   See fewer
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