Pathéscope 9.5mm silent film releases
Pathéscope 9.5mm silent film releases
Jimmie Adams
Among the various 9.5mm silent releases in the UK from Pathéscope are a number that credit 'Jimmie Adams' as the star on the film title card or mention him in the Pathéscope 9.5mm printed film catalogues. For a change, in the UK, Pathéscope retained the original titles for the full length releases. Most of these were also issued in France and Spain with corresponding language titles. Luckily for us collectors, some of these were issued with the same reference numbers. The films may have been issued in other languages too, but so far I have not identifued any of these. Luckily it was easy for multi-language silent films - just another set of main titles and intertitles in whatever language was required.
In the UK, Pathéscope also released a number of the little 30 foot (10 metre) and 60 foot (20 metre) shorts featuring Jimmie Adams, hopefully the catalogue below will show which films these extracts were edited from.
Next is a brief resume of Jimmie Adams career, although it appears he only appears on 9.5mm in the 1920/1921 films he made for the Astra Film Corporation. however later when 'talkies' had arrived, we see him in a couple of Charley Chase 2 reel comedies, here singing with 'The Ranch Boys".
James B. "Jimmie" Adams (October 4, 1888 – December 19, 1933) was an American silent-screen comedian and actor
James B. Adams was born on October 4th 1888 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
In 1921, Adams starred in two-reel comedies for Educational Pictures and Al Chritie. The slightly built, pencil-mustached Adams has been described by historian Kalton C. Lahue as "a poor man's Charley Chase." Like Chase, and unlike the other comics at Educational, Adams favored situational comedy over slapstick.
He briefly replaced Mack Sennett comic Harry McCoy in the cartoon-inspired Hall Room Boys series (produced by Harry Cohn and Jack Cohn, later of Columbia Pictures). By 1924, Adams was back with Educational.
Christie hired Adams for six comedies released in 1926 and 1927. The Christie comedies were more polite and less extreme than the slam-bang comedies of other studios, but Christie's soft-pedal comedy style did find an audience. Star comedians Jimmie Adams, Bobby Vernon, Lige Conley, Neal Brns, and Billy Dooley constituted a lineup that was no threat to Hal Roach, but nevertheless entertained millions with a style than neither Roach or Mack Sennett could or would provide.
Adams was also a singer. In 1930, he co-starred with burly comic Bud Jamison as "The Rolling Stones," a pair of singing vagabonds touring America. Adams also sang with The Ranch Boys, a musical group featured in Charley Chase comedies. (Wikipedia)
Jimmie Adams died of myocardial infarction aged just 45, on 19th December 1933 at Glendale, California, USA. He was married to Virginia Warwick.
See a 9.5mm short ftom the Jimmie Adams comedy SB.801 "Bang" on You Tube: "The Alarum Clock"
See a 9.5mm Jimmie Adams comedy - SB.811 on You Tube: "Holy Smoke"
Watch my 9.5mm Jimmie Adams comedy - SB.30051 on You Tube: "An Accidental Champion"
9.5mm film frame shots from "Sunless Sunday"
THE JIMMIE ADAMS SILENT FILMS RELEASED ON THE 9.5MM 'HOME MOVIE' FILM GAUGE
"HIGH AND DRY" US ??Jan1921 ("An Accidental Champion" on UK 9.5mm)
Dir:Jack White; Production Company: Astra Film Corporation; Producer: Louis Gasnier or Jack White?).
Actors: Jimmie Adams, Sid Smith
"BANG" US 22Mar1921
Dir:Jack White; Production Company: Astra Film Corporation; Producer: Louis Gasnier or Jack White?).
Actors: Jimmie Adams, Lillian Biron, Lige Conley, Earle Montgomery, Otto Fries.
"A FRESH START" US 20Jul1920
Dir:Jack White; Production Company: Astra Film Corporation; Producer: Jack White
Actors: Jimmie Adams, Lige Conley, Marvel Rea, Frank J. Coleman
"HOLY SMOKE" US 27Feb1921 (aka "Hotel Hysteria")
Dir:Jack White; Production Company: Astra Film Corporation; Producer: Louis Gasnier or Jack White?).
Actors: Jimmie Adams, Elinor Lynn, Lige Conley, Charles Gorman.
"NONSENSE" US 26Sep1920
Dir:Jack White; Production Company: Astra Film Corporation; Producer: Jack White
Actors: Jimmie Adams, Lige Conley, Marvel Rea, Frank J. Coleman, Hap Ward
"SUNLESS SUNDAY" US 31Jul21
Dir:Charles Reisner; Production Company: Astra Film Corporation; Producer: Jack White
Actors: Jimmie Adams, Lillian Biron, Cliff Bowes, Tom Kennedy, Frank Hayes
(Data sourced from the IMDb (International Movie Database))
SOUND FILMS RELEASED ON THE 9.5MM 'HOME MOVIE' SOUND FILM GAUGE WITH JIMMIE ADAMS
"FIRST IN WAR" US 28May1932
Dir: Warren Doane; Production Company: Hal Roach
Actors: Charley Chase, Luis Alberni, Billy Gilbert, Jimmie Adams (as Charley's pal & quartet member)
"LUNCHEON AT TWELVE" US 09Dec1933
Dir: Charley Chase (as Charles Parrott); Production Company: Hal Roach
Actors: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Billy Gilbert, Jimmie Adams (as The Ranch Boys)
JIMMIE ADAMS COMEDY SHORTS RELEASED ON THE 9.5MM 'HOME MOVIE' FILM GAUGE
@GLN '96 INTERNATIONAL 9.5 FILM CATALOGUE - ORIGINAL TITLE ALPHA LISTING 10/08/16
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('Released by' = PA and/or 'Film Star' = JA and/or 'Class' = Comedy )
PA=Pathescope(UK) PB=Pathe-Baby(FR) Pathe: PG=(Ger) PI=(IT) PN=(India) PS=(Spain) PT=(Aus) PW=(Sweden) PX=Pathex(US)
FO=Film Office(FR) PU=Pinquin(FR) HF=Hefa(FR) LA=LaPierre(FR) MS=Mascre(FR) TB=Tobis(Ger) CK=Cinak(FR) LP=LGP Cine(UK)
AV=Adventure(UK) NV=Novascope(UK) PK=Peak(UK) WL=Walton(UK) WH=WallaceHeaton(UK) BC=Birmingham Comm.Flm(UK) PR=Presto(UK)
V=30ft notched G=60ft notched L=30ft D=60ft J/C=100ft M=200ft SB=300ft S=300ft notched T/CT=UK sound SS/MS/GS=FR sound
JA= Jimmie Adams
Original Film: Title Date Country 9.5mm Number 9.5mm Title Class 9.5 Issue Del
BANG 22/03/21 US 1SB(PA) 801 BANG Comedy B/W Silent JA *Jun34
1SB(PA)30048 BANG - planned, issued as SB.801 Comedy B/W Silent JA Jun34
1 L(PA)30063 ALARUM CLOCK (THE) Comedy B/W Silent JA *Oct34
1 D(PA)30098 FURS AND FEATHERS Comedy B/W Silent JA *Feb35
1SB(PB) 801 VIVE LE FAR-WEST ! Comedy B/W Silent JA
1SB(PB) 4594 VIVE LE FAR-WEST ! Comedy B/W Silent JA
1SB(PS) 801 VIVE EL FAR WEST Comedy B/W Silent JA
FIRST IN WAR 20/05/32 US 2 T(PA) 9668 FIRST IN WAR Comedy B/W Sound JA *Oct50
FRESH START (A) 26/07/20 US 1SB(PA)30045 FRESH START (A) Comedy B/W Silent JA *Dec33
1 D(PA)30066 BOYS BECOME WAITERS (THE) Comedy B/W Silent JA Oct34
1SB(PB) 814 GARE AUX FAUVES! Comedy B/W Silent JA
1SB(PB) 4592 GARE AUX FAUVES! Comedy B/W Silent JA
1SB(PS) 814 CUIDADO CON LAS FIERRAS Comedy B/W Silent JA
HIGH AND DRY 24/12/22 US 1 G(PA)10418 JAMES TAKES THE PLUNGE Comedy B/W Notched HB Jan35
1SB(PA)30051 ACCIDENTAL CHAMPION (AN) Comedy B/W Silent HB *Aug34
2 G(PB)10414 CHAMPION IMPROVISE (UN) Comedy B/W Notched HB
2 G(PB)10415 GAI, GAI MARIONS-NOUS Comedy B/W Notched HB
1 G(PS)10418 ANATOLE Y LAS SIRENAS Comedy B/W Notched HB
HOLY SMOKE 27/02/21 US 1SB(PA) 811 HOLY SMOKE Comedy B/W Silent JA *Jan35
1 D(PA)30060 TROUBLE AT THE FORGE Comedy B/W Silent JA *Apr34
1 L(PA)30062 OH THAT MULE ! Comedy B/W Silent JA *Aug34
1SB(PB) 811 HOTEL MODERNE Comedy B/W Silent JA
1SB(PS) 811 HOTEL MODERNO Comedy B/W Silent JA
LUNCHEON AT TWELVE 09/12/33 US 1 T(PA) 9641 LUNCHEON AT TWELVE Comedy B/W Sound JA * 4
NONSENSE 26/09/20 US 2SB(PA)30041 NONSENSE Comedy B/W Silent JA Nov33
1 V(PA)30044 BARNYARD LAY Comedy B/W Notched JA Oct33
1 L(PA)30308 TROUBLE IN THE FARMYARD Comedy B/W Silent JA
1 M(PB) 5008 POUR SAUVER ROSETTE Comedy B/W Silent JA
SUNLESS SUNDAY 31/07/21 US 1SB(PA)30047 SUNLESS SUNDAY Comedy B/W Silent JA *Jan34
1 D(PA)30055 SAY IT WITH FLOWERS Comedy B/W Silent JA Nov33
1 J(PB) 4713 FERME LE DIMANCHE Comedy B/W Silent JA
2 G(PB)10411 FERME LE DIMANCHE Comedy B/W Notched JA
2 G(PB)10417 FERME LE DIMANCHE Comedy B/W Notched JA
2 G(PS)10411 CERRADOS LOS DOMINGOS Comedy B/W Notched JA
( 29 entries )
n.b.
The above list shows that various versions and extracts were released on 9.5mm
by Pathéscope / Pathé-Baby in the UK, France and Spain - I would be pleased
to add details of other 9.5mm Jimmie Adams releases in other countries.
Any corrections, additions or identification of 'unknown' films appreciated!
(I would also love any titles not yet in my collection)
e-mail me, Grahame Newnham at:-
presto @ pathefilm.uk (no spaces in actual e-mail address)
The longer UK Pathéscope 9.5mm Jimmie Adams film releases
Pathéscope Monthly December 1933 - one of the UK
9.5mm film releases for that month -
sorry! no photo from Pathéscope for this film
Pathéscope Monthly November 1933 - one of the UK 9.5mm film
releases for that month -
sorry again! - no photo
Pathéscope Monthly January 1934 - one of the UK 9.5mm film
releases for that month
Pathéscope Monthly June/July 1934 - one of the UK 9.5mm film
releases for that month
Pathéscope Monthly magazine - January 1935
("James Takes The Plunge" comes before ""An
Accidental Champion" to form most of "High And
Dry")
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