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How Molly Made Good
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Wikipedia article
'How Molly Made Good' (aka: 'How Molly Malone Made Good') is a 1915 silent drama film which is one of the first films to feature cameo appearances by major celebrities. It survives in the Library of Congress and is available on DVD.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20' by The American Film Institute, c.1988[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HowMollyMadeGood1915.html 'How Molly Made Good' at silentera.com]'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' p.85 by The American Film Institute, c.1978 The writer of the film, Burns Mantle, may have been influenced by the globe-trotting adventure of Nellie Bly in 1889, when the reporter circumnavigated the globe in a specified amount of time using several means of conveyance and visiting as many famous cities as possible.
The opera star Madame Fjorde's real name was Grace Fjorde and a real opera singer. She was previously thought to be a created character.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Mkc0AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA2&dq=mme+fjorde&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil9ei7-b_aAhXjT98KHelVAHkQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=mme%20fjorde&f=false Musical America, Volume 22][https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ink-signed-movie-photo-grace-fjorde-20s-actress signed photo; Grace Fjorde](archived)..Retrieved April 16, 2018[http://collections.mcny.org/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=24UAYWLK2TD3Q&SMLS=1&RW=1090&RH=826 Grace Fjorde, 1915; Museum of the City of New York]..Retrieved April 16, 2018
Cast
*Marguerite Gale - Molly Malone
*Helen Hilton - Alva Hinton, Rival Reporter
*John Reedy - Reed, The Photographer
*William H. Tooker - Editor
*William A. Williams - Journalist
*Armand Cortes - Benny the Dip
*James Bagley - Morrison, Associate Editor
*Edward P. Sullivan - Journalist
*Madame Fjorde - Herself, cameo (*aka Grace Fjorde)
*Lulu Glaser - Herself, cameo
*May Robson - Herself, cameo
*Henry Kolker - Himself, cameo
*Cyril Scott - Himself, cameo
*Julian Eltinge - Himself, cameo
*Charles J. Ross - Himself, cameo
*Mabel Fenton - Herself, cameo
*Robert Edeson - Himself, cameo
*Leo Ditrichstein - Himself, cameo
*Julia Dean - Herself, cameo
*Henrietta Crosman - Herself, cameo
References
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