The Jailbird (1920)

The Jailbird

1920

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Lloyd Ingraham

Cast

Bert Woodruff as Grandpa Binney

Doris May as Alice Whitney

Douglas MacLean as Shakespeare Clancy

Edith Murgatroyd as Mrs. Whitney (as Edith Yorke)

Joseph Hazelton as Alva Finch (as Joe Hazelton)

Louis Morrison as 'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison)

Monte Collins Sr. as Asa Grider (as Monty Collins)

Otto Hoffman as Elkemah Pardee