Jesse James (1927)

Directed by

Lloyd Ingraham

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent western that tells the story of the famous outlaw Jesse James in a light way. The film focuses on adventure and avoids the darker parts of his life.

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What happens

Jesse James is a 1927 American silent Western film produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starred cowboy star Fred Thomson whose wife Frances Marion wrote the scenario under the nom de plume Frank M. Clifton. The film was a light approach on the life of the famous outlaw Jesse James and was not popular with a large segment of the audience. Jesse E. James, the outlaw's son, served as technical advisor on the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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