Volume II: Filmography

THE FINAL TEST

(Princess)

September 25, 1914 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (1,004 feet)

Character: Drama

Director: Arthur Ellery

Scenario: Philip Lonergan

Cast: Boyd Marshall (Dr. Jack Carr), Reenie Farrington (Mary Grey), Marie Rainford (Mary's mother), Morgan Jones (Mary's father), Oscar Nye (Jim Castle), Fan Bourke (Mrs. Burr), Edward N. Hoyt (her husband)

Notes: 1. Another Princess film, The Balance of Power, was originally scheduled for release on September 25, 1914, but the release date was later moved to October 2, 1914. However, certain schedules printed in The Moving Picture World, The New York Dramatic Mirror, and elsewhere were not revised. 2. The Moving Picture World, September 26, 1914, listed the identical cast members and roles of The Final Test as being applicable to The Balance of Power. 3. Production of this film was completed during the week of August 31, 1914.

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

"Arthur Ellery, of the Princess, is completing The Final Test, a heart interest drama with Boyd Marshall and Reenie Farrington in the lead. Marie Rainford has the mother part and Morgan Jones is playing the role of the father."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, September 19, 1914:

"Jack Carr, a struggling young doctor, is in love with Mary Grey. She has become engaged to Jim Castle, a rich man, with a brutal streak in him, which, however, he has never shown to Mary. Meanwhile, she meets Dr. Jack in connection with some charity case in which both are interested. She sees that most of his earnings go to help the sick among the poor, and admires him deeply. On the morning of her wedding day, Mary happens to see Castle strike down a woman. When she goes to her aid she finds Dr. Jack on the spot before her. Hailing a messenger boy, she sends back Castle's ring, and gives her promise to the man worthy of her love."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, October 10, 1914:

"A simple, conventional story of a doctor with humanitarian instincts finally winning a bride over an impossible brute. The fact that the girl cared for or could care for a man of the stamp of the latter did not seem to make her exactly a prize or give the story a convincing flavor."

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