Name: Mile-A-Minute Kendall
Genre: Adaptation
Released: 1918
Cast: Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Charles Arling, Jane Wolff, Casson Ferguson

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

Half-a-Minute Kendall

Genre

Adaptation

Release Date

May 13, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co.

Distribution Company

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the play Mile-a-Minute Kendall by Owen Davis (New York, 28 Nov 1916).

Synopsis

Jack "Mile-a-Minute" Kendall, a young ne'er-do-well who likes to live recklessly and entertain chorus girls, falls in love with a beautiful but unscrupulous fortune hunter named Rosalynde d'Aubre. Intending to marry Rosalynde, he takes her to a country inn with his father and Philip Lund, who is aware of the woman's character, in close pursuit. Mr. Kendall offers Rosalynde a $5,000 bribe to withdraw quietly, after which Jack suffers a collapse. The inn is run by Jack Evans, a cantankerous miser, and his daughter Joan, one of Jack's childhood friends. Encouraged by Joan's faith in him and influenced by her gentle manner, Jack invents a new form of motor engine and soon earns a fortune. Jack's parents, finally proud of their son, happily accept Joan into the family.