Piccadilly Jim
Cast & Crew
Wesley Ruggles
Owen Moore
Zena Keefe
George Bunny
William T. Hays
Dora Mills Adams
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
American newspaper reporter Jim Crocker's madcap escapades in London earn him notoriety and the nickname "Piccadilly Jim." When he overhears his American cousin by marriage, Ann Chester, giving her candid opinion of him, he decides to return to America to try to reform. He meets Ann on the boat, using another name. Unable to find work in New York, he goes to his stepaunt Mrs. Peter Pett's home to be near Ann. Jim then helps Ann kidnap pampered cousin Ogden Pett whose overindulgence has created disruption in the household. The plans fail, despite Ogden's consent to the kidnapping in return for half the ransom money, but Jim succeeds in winning Ann's affections.
Director
Wesley Ruggles
Cast
Owen Moore
Zena Keefe
George Bunny
William T. Hays
Dora Mills Adams
Alfred Hickman
Reginald Sheffield
Harlem Tommy Murphy
George Howard
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Although no confirmed release date has been found, evidence indicates that the film was released in 1919. Wodehouse's novel was published in serial form by The Saturday Evening Post. Scenes from the film were shot on the streets and in the subways of New York City. The name of the actor playing Peter Pett is spelled William Daze in all contemporary reviews. M-G-M remade Wodehouse's novel in 1936 with Robert Montgomery starring and Robert Z. Leonard directing.
