Alias Jimmy Valentine

Name: Alias Jimmy Valentine
Genre: Drama
Released: 1928-11-15
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams

1928
Passed
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Lionel Barrymore, Karl Dane, and Howard Hickman in Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)

Drama

Jimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's daughte... Read allJimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's daughter. Things go along well in his new life, until the arrival of a detective who's been on hi... Read allJimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's daughter. Things go along well in his new life, until the arrival of a detective who's been on his trail, who tries to expose Jimmy as a crook, but can't get anyone to believe him.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Trivia
MGM's first sound picture. It was completed as a silent film before Irving Thalberg sent back Lionel Barrymore and William Haines to repeat their performances for the last two reels with sound.

Connections
Featured in Bullets Over Hollywood (2005)

Soundtracks
Love Dreams
Written by William Axt and David Mendoza

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Review

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Lost Part-Talkie Remake

The O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation" was already an old hat at the start of the talkie era. Filmed most famously in 1915 with Maurice Tourneur at the helm, this MGM adaptation starred the charming Billy Haines as Jimmy Valentine, safe-cracker.

The story is as follows: Jimmy Valentine is a top bank robber but he gets caught and sent to prison. Convincing the higher-ups that he was framed and deserves a pardon, Jimmy begins to lead an honest life. But the law has not forgotten and a certain policeman is determined to see Jimmy Valentine jailed once and for all.

This film is lost. No known copies exist. Any review that does not describe the time, place and circumstances of a modern screening must be suspect.

Update: Rejoice! A 9.5mm four-reel abridgement survives! This does NOT contain the talkie sequences and is presented as a silent with French intertitles. It was recently screened (2017) at the Cinema Museum in London.