Volume II: Filmography

HIS WINNING WAY

(Princess)

September 4, 1914 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (1,000 feet)

Character: Comedy-romance

Director: Arthur Ellery

Scenario: John William Kellette

Cast: Mayre Hall (Mignon), Boyd Marshall (Nolan Gottyspile, also spelled Gottispile), Riley Chamberlin (Dad, a grouchy man), Marie Rainford (Ma), James Dunne, Morgan Jones

Scenario: Philip Lonergan

ARTICLE, The New Rochelle Pioneer, September 5, 1914:

"In His Winning Way, a Kellette script, Riley Chamberlin is a riot. The picture was released yesterday and stars Boyd Marshall and Mayre Hall."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, August 29, 1914:

"Nolan Gottyspile, just out of college, wants to marry Mignon. The girl's father, however, says 'No.' When he finds out that Mignon is just as anxious to marry Nolan, as he is to marry her, the old man, having other plans in mind, tells Nolan that he can have the girl when he acquires $10,000. Nolan is broke, but he does not despair. He finds a diamond pin that brings him $100, and with this as a start, after a strenuous week of high finance, he raises his capital to $17,095.00. Mignon's father is then compelled to live up to his agreement, but to make certain that all is well, he insists that Nolan buy his wife a $10,000 house. Nolan cleverly arranges it so that the old man has to pay for the place, and when the bill collectors begin to come around, Nolan has to confess that the money he had shown the old man was borrowed capital and that he was in reality absolutely broke. Thereupon Mignon's gouty parent, enraged at her husband, sets out to kill Nolan. Just at the critical time an attorney arrives on the scene with news of a legacy, and Nolan and Mignon are then on Easy Street."

REVIEW, The Bioscope, December 10, 1914:

"A fairly amusing little farcical comedy, the humour of which mainly depends upon the light and breezy manner in which it is presented. The elaborate financial operations involved in the rather ingenious plot might have been made somewhat clearer."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, August 30, 1914:

"Warned by the father of his choice that he must raise ten thousand before the ceremony Nolan manages to gather even more than that. Then the father says that he must buy the girl a $10,000 house. Nolan arranges matters so that the old man really does the paying. After he is safely married he then tells him that all the money was borrowed. Enraged at this the old man sets out to break his neck. But a lawyer arrives with news of a legacy and he is saved."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, September 19, 1914: This review is reprinted in the narrative section of the present work.

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