Volume II: Filmography

THE HOUSE THAT JACK MOVED

(Falstaff)

May 21, 1915 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy

Director: Arthur Ellery

Cast: Morgan Jones (Sheean, the boss), Arthur Ashley (Jack Mitchell), Edward N. Hoyt (Selden, the editor), Mignon Anderson (Joan, the editor's daughter), Justus D. Barnes

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, May 8, 1915:

"The political boss in the little city is worried. He has a municipal campaign on his hands and 'the breaks' are going against him. There is a reform ticket in the field as usual, and the reform nominee for mayor, Jack Mitchell, is making unforeseen headway with the voters. Mitchell lives on the edge of the town in a small, detached house. The boss arranges with the public surveyor that the city lines shall be changed, thus leaving Mitchell's house just outside the municipal limits and so removing him, automatically, from the contest. But Joan Selden, daughter of the editor of the local ring's newspaper, overhears the plot. She warns Mitchell. Then the girl and the reform candidate, in their turn, conspire. She manages to get her father stranded in an automobile many miles out in the country. Taking the paper into her own hands, she staves off publication for three hours. Meanwhile, Mitchell summons the house movers. His dwelling is trundled down the main street and planted in the heart of the town amid the cheering of Jack's constituency. Mitchell wins the election - also the editor's daughter."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, May 25, 1915:

"The plot of this is unique and fresh, though light in subject matter. A young candidate for mayor foils a plan to declare his home outside corporate limits by moving the house. A girl holds the conspirators while the house is being moved. Arthur Ashley and Mignon Anderson play the lovers. A good little yarn."

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