Volume II: Filmography

THE GAME

August 1, 1915 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel (903 feet)

Character: Drama

Scenario: Philip Lonergan

Cast: Ethyle Cooke (Widow Marsh), Helen Badgley (Jeanne, her child), Ray Johnston (Frederick Malone), Helen Hilton (Molly, his wife), Morris Foster (Ralph Grove, detective)

ADVERTISEMENT, The Moving Picture World, July 31, 1915:

"The Game, with Morris Foster in a thunderbolt surprise character and Helen Badgley (the Kidlet) as her ever-lovable self, and Ethyle Cooke in a role of great dramatic tensity. It begins with mystery and when it's solved it's done so suddenly that you find yourself forgetting that it's only a picture."

ARTICLE, The Moving Picture World, July 31, 1915:

_"This story from the pen of Phil Lonergan is a brilliant example of how much situation can be put into a single reel subject. There are not 50 feet in it during which the situation remains the same. Throughout it all the surprise is carried legitimately to the end, when the 'crook' shows that he is a detective. Morris Foster plays the detective and covers himself with glory. Ethyle Cooke rises ably to a powerful climax and Helen Badgley does her baby work in good style. Ray Johnston plays a genteel crook convincingly."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, July 24, 1915:

"The young Widow Marsh is ill and penniless. For the sake of her little girl, Jeanne, she gladly accepts a loan from the wife of a man who rents a luxurious suite in the boarding house where she has quarters in the basement. She also lets the Malones take little Jeanne for walks. A stranger comes frequently to the house. He appears to be a friend of the wealthy couple. One day he goes to Mrs. Marsh and tells her that her benefactors are crooks, and that they purpose to lead Jeanne into a life of crime. At first the young widow indignantly refuses to believe the stranger. Soon, however, he is able to prove all his charges. He reveals himself as Ralph Grove, a noted detective and arrests Mrs. Malone. Grove finds himself thinking constantly of the widow. Before many weeks they are married. Little Jeanne now has a father well qualified to protect her from unscrupulous people who are 'playing the game.'"

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