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[randy_byers]

Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)

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[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Ooh, it comes in pints!

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

The full sequence, which I'll include in the post about the movie on the blog, shows him being given a small glass first, making a gesture to show he wants a bigger one, then this shot.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Interesting that the film was remade twice (1920 & 1928), the second time with scenes reshot for the advent of talkies, yet hasn't been remade since 1928.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Actually it looks as though there was a 1985 TV-movie made from the same O. Henry story that this film was based on, "A Retrieved Reformation". The TV-movie is called Jimmy Valentine.

The silent movies were based on Paul Armstrong's stage adaptation of the story, much as the film versions of Trilby seem to be based on a stage adaptation more than the original George du Maurier novel. I hadn't heard of the 1920 version of Alias Jimmy Valentine, but I'm pretty sure the 1928 version is lost. IMDb has a hoax review of it by none other than F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre.