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Captain Jinks, the Cobbler

12/26/1916

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0hr 10min

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Comedy

STORY

Captain Jinks, the Cobbler was one of two Jinks comedies released by Vitagraph for Christmas 1916 and, according to the U.S. copyright filing, was loosely based on the true story of celebrated conman Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt, who passed as a Prussian officer and commandeered funds from the Köpenick municipal treasury in 1906. In Vitagraph’s adaptation of the tale, the first movie version made in America, an army officer in some unpronounceable Central European town directs Jinks to repair his gear. Hounded by his nagging wife, the cobbler dons the officer’s uniform and parades about town. The impersonation proves so convincing that the burgomeister awards Jinks the officer’s bonus. When the ruse is discovered, the court gives Jinks a choice: two years in jail or at home with his wife. The film ends with cobbler pondering the pros and cons.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Frank Daniels
  • Mildred Manning

    Director

  • Van Dyke Brooke

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Vitagraph Company of America

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Frank Daniels

    Captain Jinx

    Mildred Manning

    The Girl

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