
Our Mutual Girl was unique. Not quite a serial, not quite a newsreel and not strictly an advertisement, it combined elements of all three. In 52 weekly one-reel episodes, running from January 19, 1914 to January 11, 1915, the Mutual Girl outwitted villains, saw the sights of New York, met with theatrical and political celebrities (who frequently helped her out of trouble) and tried on fashionable outfits in chic stores. The fashions were an early example of product placement, although apparently not paid placement.

as Our Mutual Girl / Margaret

as Mrs. James Knickerbocker - Margaret's Aunt

as Lewis - Mrs. Knickerbocker's Maid

as Mrs. Knickerbocker's Butler

as Aunt Abbie

as Howard Dunbar - the Man of Mystery

as Jack Stuyvesant

as Margaret's Maid

as Self (episode 21)

as Self (episode 47)