It was the first movie based on a well-known stage play, Jim the Penman by Charles Lawrence Young, about a forger in Victorian Britain.

[1] Co-starring with Mason was the young up-and-coming favorite Harold Lockwood.

[3] Louis Percival (Harold Lockwood) uses his forgery talent to woo Nina (Marguerite Leslie).

Percival is then blackmailed to use his forgery skills to help the shady character who caught him.

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