Our Mutual Girl (1914)

Directed by

Walter Stanhope, John W. Noble, Oscar Eagle, Lawrence B. McGill

Genre

silent film

Country

United States of America

Runtime

8h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman goes through weekly adventures in a serial format. Each installment has guest appearances by famous people of the time. The film was made as a friendlier alternative to more violent serials of the era.

lightheartedepisodicwhimsicalnostalgicgentleslow-pacedcuriousold-fashioned

What happens

Our Mutual Girl is a 1914 American film serial shown in weekly installments, starring Norma Phillips. It was created by Mutual Film to be an alternative to "stunt-driven, wild-animal wrestling" serials such as The Perils of Pauline. Our Mutual Girl ran for 52 weekly installments. Most installments featured cameos by notable figures from the worlds of politics, sports, entertainment, business and art. The serial was "provided free to exhibitors as the figurehead for the Mutual program of one-reel, two-reel and serial films, forming a trademark for the exchange as a whole." It is an example of early national advertising that was specifically targeted to women consumers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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