J-U-N-K
About J-U-N-K
Count de Silver hides cash from his wife in an old pair of pants. Hank, helper on a junk wagon, snags scrap with a magnet on a fishing pole and accidentally unpins the skirt of heiress Miss Able. He rebuilds a car from parts that fall off the Count's Ford, then turns up at the Ables' party in the Count's trousers, which still hold the hidden money. The junk boss, posing as a detective, lifts a $10,000 pearl necklace, hides it in a vase, and breaks that vase over Hank, leaving the pearls around his neck.
Cast & crew
More about J-U-N-K
The AFI Catalog credits Charles Parrott as director, Morris R. Schlank as producer, and Len Powers as cameraman. Arrow Film Corporation released the 24-minute two-reeler in September 1920. AFI notes that modern sources suggest Henry Lehrman co-directed, and Wikidata names Lehrman.
Themes
Look
Len Powers was the cameraman on the Sunset Boulevard lot at the Francis Ford Studio.
Preservation
The AFI Catalog lists the film as extant.
Notes
- It was the tenth of 26 Hank Mann comedies Arrow handled.
- Hank Mann is the star but is listed fifth in the credits, with his name in capitals.
- John J. Richardson plays Count de Silver. James Welsh plays Hardleigh Able.
- Junk, without the hyphens, opened on a vaudeville bill at the Grand Theatre in Macon, Georgia, on 4 October 1920, and played the Arcadia in Reading, Pennsylvania, on 22 November 1920.
- AFI says the film is extant.
Scenes
- Hank's magnet pulls the pin from Miss Able's skirt.
- He bolts scavenged parts onto a junk car until it runs.
- Mr. Able smashes the vase and the stolen pearls land on Hank.
Also available
- Internet Archive (J-U-N-K)