How Molly Made Good

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.^[1][2][3] 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.

How Molly Made Good
Film poster
Directed by	Lawrence B. McGill
Written by	Burns Mantle
Produced by	Lee Kugel
Starring	Marguerite Gale
Distributed by	Kulee Features
Release date	October 26, 1915 (1915-10-26)
Running time	6 reels
Country	US
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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.^[4][5][6]

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