On the Jump

On the Jump

60 mins | Adventure | Oct. 6, 1918

In this propaganda film, athletic silent star George Walsh plays reporter Jack Bartlett, who interviews President Wilson regarding the Fourth Liberty Loan. The story never appears in the paper, however, because its new owner, Otto Crumley, is pro-German. So Jack quits his job and begins canvassing for the Liberty Loans. In the midst of his vigorous campaigning he also halts Crumley's plans to inspire a strike at a munitions plant.

On the Jump

60 mins | Adventure | Oct. 6, 1918

On the Jump
In this propaganda film, athletic silent star George Walsh plays reporter Jack Bartlett, who interviews President Wilson regarding the Fourth Liberty Loan. The story never appears in the paper, however, because its new owner, Otto Crumley, is pro-German. So Jack quits his job and begins canvassing for the Liberty Loans. In the midst of his vigorous campaigning he also halts Crumley's plans to inspire a strike at a munitions plant.
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title On the Jump
Directors Raoul Walsh
Writers Ralph Spence, Raoul Walsh

Cast

George Walsh

as Jack Bartlett

Frances Burnham

as Margaret Desmond

James A. Marcus

as William Desmond (as James Marcus)

Henry Clive

as Otto Crumley

Ralph Faulkner

as President Woodrow Wilson