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What Happened to Jones is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William A. Seiter released in USA on 8 february 1926 with Reginald Denny
What Happened to Jones (1926)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 8 february 1926
Length 1h10
Directed by William A. Seiter
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Rating64%
What Happened to Jones is a 1926 silent film comedy directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is taken from an 1897 Broadway play, What Happened to Jones by George Broadhurst.
Actors
Reginald Denny
(Tom Jones)
Marian Nixon
(Lucille Bigbee)
Otis Harlan
(Ebenezer Goodly)
Melbourne MacDowell
(Mr. Bigbee)
Frances Raymond
(Mrs. Bigbee)
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