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The Phantom Extra (1915)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

The Phantom Extra (1915)

Short | 20 min | Short, Drama

Newly-elected State Senator John Zeldon has pledged to fight for the Miners' Bill, requiring the installation of new safety devices in the coal mines. In his speech to the miners the night before his departure, he assures them that they ...See moreNewly-elected State Senator John Zeldon has pledged to fight for the Miners' Bill, requiring the installation of new safety devices in the coal mines. In his speech to the miners the night before his departure, he assures them that they can count on him to the end. On his arrival in the capital he is taken up by Mr. Whalen, the brains of the lobby and secretly its chief, who flatters John and invites him out with a brilliant set of men and women who make a lion of him in order to gain his vote against the proposed bill. John's head is turned by their flattery and when Hazel Flemming, his fiancée and star reporter on his home paper, comes to the capitol for an interview with John, she is amazed to find him wavering and realizes the fight is lost unless she can make him realize the mistake he is making. To do this she has a phantom extra printed telling in thrilling headlines of a horrible accident in the coal mines, wherein 200 miners have lost their lives. She hires a newsboy to throw this under the Senator's door and when John reads of the horrible accident he is awakened to the realization that he has been about to betray those who trusted him and when the vote is cast he surprised Whalen and his coterie by voting "Aye." When he returns to his office, Hazel goes to him and confesses she had the phantom extra printed in order to gain his vote for the bill. John is at first greatly angered at the thought that he has been outwitted by a girl, but as his anger passes away his better nature wins. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Stanton John Zeldon John Zeldon See fewer	Graft (1915)
Rhea Mitchell Hazel Flemming Hazel Flemming See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1916)
Harry Keenan James Whalen James Whalen See fewer	The Strength of Donald McKenzie (1916)
Louise Glaum Whalen's Confederate Whalen's Confederate See fewer	Sex (1920)