| Jim the Penman | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kenneth Webb |
| Produced by | Whitman Bennett |
| Written by | Charles Lawrence Young(play) Dorothy Farnum(screenplay or scenario) |
| Starring | Lionel Barrymore |
| Cinematography | Tom L. Griffith Harry Stradling |
| Distributed by | Associated First National (*later First National Pictures) |
| Release date(s) | April 1921 |
| Running time | 6 reels(6,100 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film(English intertitles) |
Jim the Penman is a 1921 silent film crime drama produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed through Associated First National, later just First National Pictures. It is based on a well known Broadway play Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young. The film stars Lionel Barrymore and was directed by Kenneth Webb, the duo having worked on The Great Adventure previously. Jim the Penman is preserved though incomplete at the Library of Congress. [1] [2]