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title: 'Jim the Penman (1921)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kenneth Webb'
released: '1921-04-01'
runtime_minutes: 60
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jim-the-penman-1921'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012333/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jim the Penman (1921)

1921 · 60 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Jim the Penman is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed through Associated First National, later just First National Pictures. It was based on Charles Lawrence Young's circa-1886 play Jim the Penman, about a forger in Victorian Britain. The film stars Lionel Barrymore and was directed by Kenneth Webb, the duo having worked on The Great Adventure previously. Jim the Penman is preserved, though incomplete, at the Library of Congress.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kenneth Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-webb)
- **Screenplay:** [Dorothy Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-farnum)

## Cast

- [Lionel Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-barrymore)

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