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The Rookie’s Return
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4123 feet
Directed by Jack Nelson

Cast: Douglas MacLean [James Stewart Lee], Doris May [Alicia], Frank Currier [Dad], Leo White [Henri], Kathleen Key [Gloria], Elinor Hancock [Mrs. Radcliffe], William Courtright [Gregg], Frank Clark [Tubbs], Aggie Herring [Mrs. Perkins], Wallace Beery [François Dupont]

Thomas H. Ince Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From a screen story by Archer McMackin. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Bert Cann. / © 20 December 1920 by Thomas H. Ince Corporation [LP15967]. Released 23 January 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [incomplete 35mm positive (reels 2 and 3 only)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 February 2013.

References: Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Andrew Korniej.