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. The film stars

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, Forrest Stanley, Myrtle Stedman, Malcolm Blevins, Charlie Ruggles and Mary Ruby. The film was released on December 16, 1915, by

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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."

Cast

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. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..The Reform Candidate''
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References

External links

* 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Frank Lloyd American black-and-white films American silent feature films Surviving American silent films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub