Jesse James (1927 film)

Jesse James
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Written by Frances Marion (story & scenario) (*as Frank M. Clifton)
Starring Fred Thomson
Cinematography Allen Siegler
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • October 15, 1927
Running time
80 minutes; 8 reels (8,656 feet)
Country United States
Language Silent

Jesse James is a 1927 silent film produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starred cowboy star Fred Thomson whose wife Frances Marion wrote the scenario under the nom de plume Frank M. Clifton.

The film was a light approach on the life of the famous outlaw, Jesse James, and was not popular with a large segment of the audience. Jesse E. James, the outlaw's son, served as technical advisor on the film.

Cast

Preservation status

Both IMDB and Lost Film Files have this film as being a lost film while SilentEra states that "a print exists".[1][2][3]

References

  1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 (The American Film Institute, 1971)
  2. Jesse James at silentera.com
  3. Jesse James at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1927

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