Our Mutual Girl
Our Mutual Girl was unique. Not quite a serial, not quite a newsreel and not strictly an advertisement, it combined elements of all three. In 52 weekly one-reel episodes, running from January 19, 1914 to January 11, 1915, the Mutual Girl outwitted villains, saw the sights of New York, met with theatrical and political celebrities (who frequently helped her out of trouble) and tried on fashionable outfits in chic stores. The fashions were an early example of product placement, although apparently not paid placement.
Reliance Film CompanyCast
Our Mutual Girl / Margaret
Norma PhillipsMrs. James Knickerbocker - Margaret's Aunt
Mayme KelsoLewis - Mrs. Knickerbocker's Maid
Jessie LewisMrs. Knickerbocker's Butler
James AllingAunt Abbie
Grace FisherHoward Dunbar - the Man of Mystery
Edward BrennanJack Stuyvesant
W. Ray JohnstonMargaret's Maid
Evelyn DumoSelf (episode 21)
Arthur Conan DoyleSelf (episode 47)
Douglas Fairbanks
Norma PhillipsMrs. James Knickerbocker - Margaret's Aunt
Mayme KelsoLewis - Mrs. Knickerbocker's Maid
Jessie LewisMrs. Knickerbocker's Butler
James AllingAunt Abbie
Grace FisherHoward Dunbar - the Man of Mystery
Edward BrennanJack Stuyvesant
W. Ray JohnstonMargaret's Maid
Evelyn DumoSelf (episode 21)
Arthur Conan DoyleSelf (episode 47)
Douglas Fairbanks
