The Jailbird (1920)
50m
Running Time
October 10, 1920Release Date
Plot.
Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. Learning that a legacy awaits them in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they hatch a plan to fleece the townspeople by selling shares in a bogus oil well. Problems arise when Clancy falls in love with society editor Alice Whitney. Clancy is conflicted but then they do strike oil! Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened.
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Cast & Crew.

Douglas MacLean
Shakespeare Clancy

Doris May
Alice Whitney

Louis Morrison
'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison)

William Courtright
Noah Gibbs

Otto Hoffman
Elkemah Pardee

Monte Collins Sr.
Asa Grider (as Monty Collins)

Bert Woodruff
Grandpa Binney

Joseph Hazelton
Alva Finch (as Joe Hazelton)

Wilbur Higby
Joel Harvey

Edith Murgatroyd
Mrs. Whitney (as Edith Yorke)

Edith Yorke
Mrs. Whitney

Julien Josephson
Screenplay

Lloyd Ingraham
Director

Harry Marker
Editor

Bert Cann
Director of Photography
Details.
This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
The Jailbird is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by Julien Josephson. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Doris May, Louis Morrison, William Courtright, Wilbur Higby, and Otto Hoffman. The film was released on October 10, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.