Volume II: Filmography

THE OTHER GIRL

May 9, 1913 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy-drama

Cast: William Garwood (Frank Mush), Florence LaBadie, Jean Darnell

Location: Southern California, with settings provided by the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena

Note: The Motion Picture Magazine, April 1915, gives Carey L. Hastings as a cast member in the part of Diana. It is believed that this attribution is incorrect.

ADVERTISEMENT, The Moving Picture World, May 10, 1913:

It all happened at a California rose tournament, this grand outbreak of jealousy. His sweetheart wouldn't drive his 'chariot,' so he had to find a substitute. The substitute was very pretty, and there you are. Complications began complicating, and in the end his love-chart was upside down!

SYNOPSIS, The Moving Picture World, May 10, 1913:

The annual Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, California, is participated in by many summer visitors, who eagerly vie with one another for supremacy. A young college man decided one year to compete, prepared his entry with care and arranged with his fiancée to be the driver. This young woman was of a jealous disposition, however, continually quarreled with the young man, and just before the hour set for the fete, declined to take charge of his chariot and left him apparently helpless. While he was wondering what he should do, he saw a beautiful flower girl pass. She was a farmer's daughter and with her mother was bound to the city, hoping to sell posies to the merry-makers. The young man noted how attractive she was, and on a sudden impulse urged her to drive his car. She demurred at first, but finally consented, much to his delight. The 'other girl' was angrier than ever, and broke her engagement. She expected that her fiancé would beg her pardon, but he took his dismissal in a matter-of-fact way and seemed quite cheerful about it. Then, like a latter day prince, he started out to find his 'Cinderella,' whose modesty and beauty had won his heart. They met at last, and the girl was glad to see him, for she had dreamed of 'a fairy prince' and the owner of the chariot of roses was the man whose face appeared in her dreams.

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, May 11, 1913:

There is really very little to this film apart from the excellent scenes from 'The Tourney of the Lily and Rose' at Pasadena, which it exhibits. A simple little love story has been interwoven with these views of the parade.

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, May 17, 1913:

A light plot strung together largely for the purpose of including the annual flower parade at Pasadena, with its handsome floats and chariots. The college boy's best girl refuses to drive his vehicle, and he chooses a pretty girl to take her place. The girl also wins his heart in the end.

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