That Man Jack!
{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = That Man Jack!
| image = That Man Jack!.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = William James Craft
| producer = Jesse J. Goldburg
| writer = Adele Buffington
| story = George Paul Bauer
| starring = Bob Custer
Mary Beth Milford
Hayford Hobbs
| cinematography = Arthur Reeves
William Reis
| studio = Independent Pictures
| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America
| released = {{Film date|1925|08|23}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
File:That Man Jack! ad in Motion Picture News, September-October 1925 (page 18 crop).jpg
That Man Jack! is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by William James Craft and starring Bob Custer, Mary Beth Milford, and Hayford Hobbs.Munden, p. 795[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/ThatManJack1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: That Man Jack!] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine reviews,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: That Man Jack! |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=22 |issue=11 |pages=53 |date=5 September 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/n1264/mode/1up |access-date=1 September 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} when Anita Leland’s team runs away from her, a muscular stranger intervenes, stops the horses and assists her to dismount. He gives his name as Jack, and when Sammy Sills proposes that he should become his partner in working a mine, he consents, as the proposition enables him to be near the young woman. Jack engages in a fight with Bill Stearns, a husky loafer, and thrashes him soundly. It transpires that his partner Sammy is also in love with Anita, having known her since childhood, and is engaged to her. Jack makes up his mind to leave and rides away. Sammy is attacked by the Steams gang and slain. Suspicion of Sammy's death falls upon Jack, which is strengthened when his share of the gold is found on him. He escapes. Meanwhile, Anita goes to Sammy’s deserted cabin, finds a note written by the dying man naming Stearns as his assailant. Steams appears and tries to seize the evidence, but Jack arrives and saves her. Steams confesses to the crime.
Cast
- Bob Custer as Jack
- Mary Beth Milford as Anita Leland
- Monte Collins as Joe Leland
- Hayford Hobbs as Sammy Sills
- Buck Moulton as Bill Stearns
References
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Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0016418}}
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Category:1925 Western (genre) films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by William James Craft
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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