The Reform Candidate Explained

The Reform Candidate
Director:	Frank Lloyd
Screenplay:	Julia Crawford Ivers
Story:	Macklyn Arbuckle Edgar A. Guest
Starring:	Macklyn Arbuckle Forrest Stanley Myrtle Stedman Malcolm Blevins Charlie Ruggles Mary Ruby
Studio:	Pallas Pictures
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Country:	United States
Language:	English

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]}

Plot

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

Cast

• Macklyn Arbuckle as Art Hoke
• Forrest Stanley as Richard Benton
• Myrtle Stedman as Mary Grandell
• Malcolm Blevins as Frank Grandell
• Charlie Ruggles as Loony Jim
• Mary Ruby as May Hoke
• Howard Davies as The Campaign Manager
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Haggerty
• Fanny Stockbridge as Hoke's Housekeeper
• Mary Higby as Nurse's Mother

Preservation status

• A complete print is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Reform Candidate (1915) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. 25 December 2014.
2. Web site: The Reform Candidate. AFI. 25 December 2014.
3. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015411/1916-05-16/ed-1/seq-5/ The Garden Island (newspaper), 16 May 1916
4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3189/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Reform Candidate