Jesse James Under the Black Flag
(1921)
Written & Directed by Franklin B. Coates
Cast :
Jesse James Jr. .... Himself/Jesse James
Diana Reed - Marguerite Hungerford
Franklin B. Coates

James joins Quantrill’s raiders, a guerrilla force which fought against
union sympathizers during the Civil War. James takes allegiance to
the Black Flag, the raiders’ banner. After the war he receives kind
treatment from a judge concerning his acts of crime and later meets
and falls in love with Zee. They return home to Missouri after the
Civil War hoping to live a life of peace, but he is falsely accused
of robbing a bank. He is forced to take up a life of crime by being
branded an outlaw. Crimes are committed and blamed on him, his family
is maimed by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, but all the while James
is able to perform charitable acts for citizens. James is finally
assassinated by Bob Ford. All is told in a flashback style by Jesse
James Jr. to an eastern beau asking for his daughter's hand in marriage.
(69 minutes)
Included short:
"GIRL OF THE RANCHO" (1919) with Texas Guinan (12 minutes)