The Jack-Knife Man [SEP] director
The Jack-Knife Man
The Jack-Knife Man is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor. Prints of the film survive in several film archives.
Plot.
As described in a film magazine, Peter Lane (Turner), known as the "jack-knife man" because he spends his time whittling objects from wood, selling them to earn a living, loves and is loved by the Widow Potter (Leighton), desisting from matrimony for reasons known only to himself. When a
successful at the box office than "Apache", making $9 million, and firmly established Aldrich as a director.
Feature film director Turning producer: "Kiss Me Deadly", "The Big Knife" and "Attack".
The success of these movies enabled Aldrich to set up his own company, The Associates and Aldrich, and sign a deal with United Artists. Its first movie was to be "The Way We Are" by Jack Jevne about a woman who has an affair with a younger man.