Volume II: Filmography

HIS I.O.U.

July 16, 1915 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (1,004 feet)

Character: Drama

Cast: Mildred Manning (Nan, the newsgirl), W. Ray Johnston (Karl, the orphan, who in later life is a senator), Morgan Niblack (the mayor), Dave Keleher (the politician)

Notes: 1. In an interview years later, W. Ray Johnston stated that his first starring role was in this film. 2. Morgan Niblack's surname was frequently misspelled as "Niblock" in Reel Life during this period.

ADVERTISEMENT, The Moving Picture World_, July 17, 1915:

"Showing how the simple little things of life mean so much in the years to come. A newsboy becomes senator and grasps the opportunity to return the bread that had been cast upon the waters when he was a homeless waif. The pretty way that this story is worked out brings new charm to a human theme."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, July 10, 1915:

"Nan, a newsgirl, loans fifty cents to Karl, a little orphan, to start him on his career as a seller of the daily news. Karl soon after is adopted by a wealthy uncle. In the excitement, he forgets to repay Nan, and all she has to remember him by is an I.O.U. written in Karl's boyish hand. Nan grows into a very attractive young woman. She has built up a good news business by which she supports her mother and younger brother. A jealous politician, however, induces the mayor to deprive Nan of her newsstand privilege. Learning that the friend of her childhood, Karl, has become state senator, she goes to his office. She sends in to him the tattered I.O.U. and is granted an interview. The young senator calls up the mayor. He orders him to restore to Nan her newsstand. A romance develops between the old playmates, which results in a happy marriage."

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