How Molly Malone Made Good
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lawrence B. Mcgill
Marguerite Gale
Helen Hilton
John Reedy
William H. Tooker
W. A. Williams
Film Details
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Synopsis
America-bound Molly Malone, from Ireland, strikes up an acquaintance with opera singer Madame Fjorde on the ocean liner the Adriatic . Upon landing, Molly learns that her brother, a New York Tribune reporter, went to the war two weeks earlier. After her request to work as a reporter is ridiculed, she hears Hilton, a woman reporter, refuse an interview assignment by claiming that Madame Fjorde was not on the Adriatic . When Molly proves her abilities by getting the reclusive singer's interview, the impressed editor sends her to interview ten stage stars in their country homes in only three days for the Sunday magazine section. First, she is to interview Lulu Glaser, from her get the next star's address and continue on to all ten. Although Hilton and Reedy, a discharged photographer, try to stop Molly by, among other things, stealing her interview cards and causing car and train wrecks, Molly travels throughout suburban New York and succeeds. From her last interview, she hires an airplane to reach the office by the deadline. Reedy and Hilton are arrested, and Molly falls in love with a helpful reporter.
Director
Lawrence B. Mcgill
Cast
Marguerite Gale
Helen Hilton
John Reedy
William H. Tooker
W. A. Williams
Armand Cortes
James Bagley
Edward Sullivan
Madame Fjorde
Lulu Glaser
May Robson
Henry Kolker
Cyril Scott
Julian Eltinge
Charles J. Ross
Mabel Fenton
Robert Edeson
Leo Ditrichstein
Julia Dean
Henrietta Crosman
Film Details
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This film was also reviewed under the title How Molly Made Good. This was the first film released by Kulee Features. Burns Mantle, the scenarist, was at the time the dramatic critic for the New York Evening Mail. The film had its premiere on November 1, 1915 at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia. This was Marguerite Gale's first film. Madame Fjorde was a singer with the Royal Opera of Berlin. Some scenes in the film involving the famous stage stars who played themselves were shot at their summer houses in the following places: Mt. Vernon, NY, Sheepshead Bay, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bayside, Long Island, Harmon-on-the Hudson, NY, Edgecliff, NJ, Asbury Park, NJ, Sag Harbor, Long Island, Stamford, CT, and Wilton, CT. According to the scenario in the copyright descriptions, George M. Cohan was to be the final star interviewed, and Mrs. Kugel, the wife of Lee Kugel, owner of Kulee Features, was to play Henry Kolker's maid. Charles J. Ross and Mabel Fenton were married. The families and pets of some of the stage stars also appeared in the film.
