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The Final Test

No copy you can watch online. No print is known to survive. What follows is what does: the release, the cast, the story, and what the trade press said at the time.

The story

“Jack Carr, a struggling young doctor, is in love with Mary Grey. She has become engaged to Jim Castle, a rich man, with a brutal streak in him, which, however, he has never shown to Mary. Meanwhile, she meets Dr. Jack in connection with some charity case in which both are interested. She sees that most of his earnings go to help the sick among the poor, and admires him deeply. On the morning of her wedding day, Mary happens to see Castle strike down a woman. When she goes to her aid she finds Dr. Jack on the spot before her. Hailing a messenger boy, she sends back Castle’s ring, and gives her promise to the man worthy of her love.”

Summary from Reel Life · 19 September 1914

What the papers said

1 review · 1 article

“A simple, conventional story of a doctor with humanitarian instincts finally winning a bride over an impossible brute. The fact that the girl cared for or could care for a man of the stamp of the latter did not seem to make her exactly a prize or give the story a convincing flavor.”

The Moving Picture World · 10 October 1914

Article

5 September 1914The New Rochelle Pioneer1 min

“Arthur Ellery, of the Princess, is completing The Final Test, a heart interest drama with Boyd Marshall and Reenie Farrington in the lead. Marie Rainford has the mother part and Morgan Jones is playing the role of the father.”

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Cast and crew

Director
Arthur Ellery
Cast
Boyd Marshall as Dr. Jack Carr
Edward N. Hoyt as her husband
Fan Bourke as Mrs. Burr
Mrs. Arthur Ellery as Mary’s mother
Morgan Jones as Mary’s father
Oscar Nye as Jim Castle
Irene Farrington as Mary Grey
Writer
Philip Lonergan

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More about this film

Bowers’ notes
  1. Another Princess film, The Balance of Power, was originally scheduled for release on September 25, 1914, but the release date was later moved to October 2, 1914. However, certain schedules printed in The Moving Picture World, The New York Dramatic Mirror, and elsewhere were not revised. 2. The Moving Picture World, September 26, 1914, listed the identical cast members and roles of The Final Test as being applicable to The Balance of Power. 3. Production of this film was completed during the week of August 31, 1914.

From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1914 →

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “The Final Test”. thanhouser.org/films/the-final-test/

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