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1915Thanhouser CompanyOne reelComedy

The Political Pull of John

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George M. Marlo
George Marlo
Justus D. Barnes

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Bowers’ notes
  1. The release date of this film is that given in Reel Life, issue of December 4, 1915, and other trade schedules. 2. Paul’s Political Pull, a Falstaff film released March 28, 1916, has a title in the same vein.

From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1915 →

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “The Political Pull of John”. thanhouser.org/films/the-political-pull-of-john/

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