''What Happened to Jones'' is a

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1915 silent film directed by and starring Fred Mace. It is based on

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's 1897 play '' What Happened to Jones''. William A. Brady was the producer.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''..What Happened to Jones''
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area.(16 January 1915)
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World Film Players Go To Florida
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Cast

* Bradley Barker - Col. Filbert *Chester Barnett - Richard Heatherly *Marjorie Blossom - Minerve *Mary Charleson - Marjorie *Joseph Daly - Bishop of Timbuctoo (*as Joe Daly) * Fred Mace - Jones *William Mandeville - Professor Ebeneezer Goodly *Leonora Organ - Cissy (*as Leonia Morgan) *Caroline Rankin - Alvina Starlight (*as Carolyn Rankin *

Josie Sadler Josie Sadler (1871–1927) was for twenty years a leading American stage comedienne known for her "Dutch" (German) dialect routines and heavy-set appearance. She made several early phonograph recordings for the major companies of the time, and ...

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References

External links

What Happened to Jones at IMDb.com
* 1915 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Lost American films American black-and-white films World Film Company films Films shot in Florida 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub