The Reform Candidate

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The Reform Candidate
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Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Screenplay by Julia Crawford Ivers
Story by Macklyn Arbuckle
Edgar A. Guest
StarringMacklyn Arbuckle
Forrest Stanley
Myrtle Stedman
Malcolm Blevins
Charlie Ruggles
Mary Ruby
Cinematography F.A. Dobson
Production
company
Pallas Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 16, 1915 (1915-12-16)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Reform Candidate is a surviving 1915 American drama silent film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Julia Crawford Ivers. The film stars Macklyn Arbuckle, Forrest Stanley, Myrtle Stedman, Malcolm Blevins, Charlie Ruggles and Mary Ruby. The film was released on December 16, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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Plot

The film was advertised in contemporary newspapers as "a drama of home and politics that will reach your heart strings." [3]

Cast

Preservation status

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References

  1. "The Reform Candidate (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. "The Reform Candidate". AFI. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. The Garden Island (newspaper), 16 May 1916
  4. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Reform Candidate