Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
1917 · Ephemeral film · 16 min · dir. Sidney Franklin
- Fantasy
Synopsis
Jack exchanges his cow for some magic beans. The beans grow overnight into a beanstalk, which Jack climbs, arriving at a castle that is his. Jack sets a deal with the giant in exchange for their fortune.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Sidney Franklin
- Writer
- Chester M. Franklin
- Cinematography
- Harry W. Gerstad
- Studio
- Fox Film Corporation
- Released
- 1917-07-30
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Cast & crew
Sidney Franklin Director
Joe Grant
Francis Carpenter
Virginia Lee Corbin- Violet Radcliffe
James Bush- Eleanor Washington
Ralph Lewis
Raymond Lee
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · My name is JAAAAAAAAAAAAACK! · Spuzz · 2016-08-08
The last reel of this silent production of this classic fairy tale has plenty of surprises up its sleeves. Now I'm not an expert on the fairy tale, but I don't remember jack leading an army to fight the giant to save the princess. But nevertheless this altered story line seems to work. This early Fox feature has money put into it, as evidenced by the giants castle, Still, I'm not in any hurry to see the first two reels.