Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920 film)

Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1920 American silent crime drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Bert Lytell, Vola Vale, and Eugene Pallette. It is based on the 1903 short story "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry, which was previously adapted into the successful 1910 Broadway play Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong. The film tells the story of Jimmy Valentine, a safecracker who is released from prison and tries to go straight under an assumed name in a small town. He falls in love with the banker's daughter, but his past catches up with him when he is forced to use his safecracking skills one last time to save a child locked in a bank vault. The film was a commercial success and helped to solidify Lytell's reputation as a leading man. It is considered a notable example of early crime films and silent film adaptations of O. Henry stories.