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The popularity of the story as a motion picture added greatly to the author's vogue, though in the English, French, and Spanish versions O. Henry's name was not mentioned. [1] The character of Jimmy Valentine is taken from life but there is a close parallel to the leading incident in chapter XLII of Hugo's Les Misérables. [1]
Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1909 play written by Paul Armstrong, based on the 1903 short story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. It has four acts, a large cast, four settings, and fast pacing. The story follows a former safecracker's attempt to go straight, and the choice he must make between saving a child's life and exposing himself to arrest.
Alias Jimmy Valentine, a 1910 play by Paul Armstrong, based on the O. Henry short story, "A Retrieved Reformation" Alias Jimmy Valentine, a 1915 American silent crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur, based on the play; Alias Jimmy Valentine, a 1920 American silent film crime drama sdirected by Edmund Mortimer and Arthur Ripley, based on the play
Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1928 American sound part-talkie crime drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring William Haines, Leila Hyams, Lionel Barrymore, and Karl Dane. The film features talking sequences along with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
Alias Jimmy Valentine may refer to: Alias Jimmy Valentine, a 1909 play by Paul Armstrong, based on the O. Henry short story, "A Retrieved Reformation" Alias Jimmy Valentine, an American silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur, based on the play; Alias Jimmy Valentine, an American silent film directed by Edmund Mortimer and Arthur Ripley, based ...
The O. Henry House has been the site of the O. Henry Pun-Off, an annual spoken word competition inspired by Porter's love of language, since 1978. (Dr. Samuel E. Gideon, a historical architect and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, was a strong advocate for the saving of the O. Henry House in Austin.)
Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1915 American silent crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Robert Warwick, Robert Cummings and Alec B. Francis. [1] It is based on the 1909 play Alias Jimmy Valentine, which was subsequently made into films again in 1920 and 1928. The play was based on the O. Henry short story "A Retrieved Reformation".
Pages in category "Films based on works by O. Henry" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915 film) Alias Jimmy ...