How Molly Made Good

{{short description|1915 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox film | name = How Molly Made Good | image = How Molly Made Good poster 2.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Lawrence B. McGill | producer = Lee Kugel | writer = Burns Mantle | starring = Marguerite Gale | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Kulee Features | released = {{film date|1915|10|26}} | runtime = 6 reels | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''How Molly Made Good''''' (aka: '''''How Molly Malone Made Good''''') is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Lawrence B. McGill 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.<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20'' by The American Film Institute, c.1988</ref><ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HowMollyMadeGood1915.html ''How Molly Made Good'' at silentera.com]</ref><ref>''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 85, The American Film Institute, c.1978</ref> 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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Mkc0AQAAMAAJ&dq=mme+fjorde&pg=RA2-PA2 Musical America, Volume 22]</ref><ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ink-signed-movie-photo-grace-fjorde-20s-actress signed photo; Grace Fjorde] (archived)..Retrieved April 16, 2018</ref><ref>[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</ref>

==Cast== *Marguerite Gale as Molly Malone *Helen Hilton as Alva Hinton, Rival Reporter *John Reedy as Reed, The Photographer *William H. Tooker as Editor *William A. Williams as Journalist *Armand Cortes as Benny the Dip *James Bagley as Morrison, Associate Editor *Edward P. Sullivan as Journalist *Madame Fjorde as Herself, cameo (aka Grace Fjorde) *Lulu Glaser as Herself, cameo *May Robson as Herself, cameo *Henry Kolker as Himself, cameo *Cyril Scott as Himself, cameo *Julian Eltinge as Himself, cameo *Charles J. Ross as Himself, cameo *Mabel Fenton as Herself, cameo *Robert Edeson as Himself, cameo *Leo Ditrichstein as Himself, cameo *Julia Dean as Herself, cameo *Henrietta Crosman as Herself, cameo

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==External links== {{commons category|How Molly Made Good}} *{{IMDb title|0005522}} *[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/1827 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''How Molly Made Good'']

{{DEFAULTSORT:How Molly Made Good}} Category:1915 films Category:1915 American films Category:1915 drama films Category:1915 English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent drama films Category:American silent feature films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films based on short fiction Category:Films directed by Lawrence B. McGill Category:Surviving American silent films