Volume II: Filmography

THE ADVENTURE OF FLORENCE

February 23, 1915 (Tuesday)

Length: 2 reels (2,022 feet)

Character: Comedy-drama

Cast: Florence LaBadie (Florence Clark), Justus D. Barnes (her father), Fannie Hoyt (her mother), Arthur Bauer (Dr. Ward), Morris Foster (John Travers)

Notes: 1. The release date of this film was given erroneously as February 13, 1915 in a review in The Moving Picture World, issue of February 27, 1915. 2. In some notices the title appeared erroneously as The Adventures of Florence.

ADVERTISEMENT, Reel Life, February 20, 1915:

"A tensely interesting two-reel romantic drama built around the accidental meeting of a maid and a man through a telephone number overheard by chance. Florence LaBadie, the famous heroine of The Million Dollar Mystery, is featured, supported by an all-star cast."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, February 13, 1915:

"Florence Clark, as she is leaving her friend's apartment, calls back to her, 'If you want me, phone Oak 515.' John Travers, who is passing the house, overhears. He is greatly impressed with Florence's appearance. That evening the girl has an unpleasant interview with her parents, who wish her to marry Dr. Ward, a business friend of her father's. She refuses to consider Ward. When Travers calls up and asks her to dine with him the next evening, though she realizes that it is a daring and unconventional thing to do, she is in a mood to accept. In Travers, Florence discovers the man she has always dreamed of meeting some day - and later, when her father finds that he holds an important interest in the very mines in which Dr. Ward is interested, he removes his objections to the match."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, February 21, 1915:

"Florence refuses to marry Dr. Ward. She looks with favor on the suit of Travers. When her father learns that he is wealthy he withdraws his objections to the match."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, February 27, 1915:

"Florence LaBadie and Morris Foster appear in the two-reel number, which makes the successful offering of the polite comedy type. The comedy is sustained through both reels. The girl allows a young man to call who has seen her in her auto and been attracted by her. The parents return from the opera and she hides him; the father thinks he is a burglar. He escapes. Later he turns out to be the wealthy John Travers, for whom the father has been searching. This is well constructed, in good tone and has an enjoyable touch of romance in it."

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