Alias Jimmy Valentine (play)

Alias Jimmy Valentine
Harold Hartsell and H. B. Warner in Alias Jimmy Valentine (1910)
Written by	Paul Armstrong
Based on	A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry (1903)
Directed by	Hugh Ford
Date premiered	January 21, 1910 (1910-01-21)
Place premiered	Wallack's Theatre
Original language	English
Subject	Safecracker goes straight
Genre	Melodrama
Setting	Sing Sing, an Albany hotel, a Springfield bank

Alias Jimmy Valentine is a 1909 play written by Paul Armstrong, based on the 1903 short story A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry. It has four acts, a large cast, four settings, and fast pacing. The story follows a former safecracker's attempt to go straight, and the choice he must make between saving a child's life and exposing himself to arrest.

The play was produced by Liebler & Company, staged by Hugh Ford, with settings from Gates and Morange. The play starred H. B. Warner and introduced Laurette Taylor. It opened Christmas night 1909 in Chicago, moving to Broadway during January 1910 where it played through June 1910.

Alias Jimmy Valentine had a brief Broadway revival during December 1921. It was adapted for four motion pictures between 1915 and 1942, and was turned into a radio serial during 1938–1939.