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Mrs. Van Ruyter’s Stratagem
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Carroll Fleming

Cast: Carey L. Hastings [Mrs. Van Ruyter], Ethyle Cooke [Grace Grenell, her niece], Harry Benham [Harry Broadhurst, Van Ruyter’s lawyer], Helen Badgley [Helena Broadhurst, his little daughter], Fan Bourke (Fannie Bourke) [Van Ruyter’s housekeeper], Ed Hoyt (Edward Hoyt) [Van Ruyter’s butler], Muriel Ostriche [Ruth Cloverly], H. Keishon, J.S. Murray, Lydia Mead, Ernest C. Warde

Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Philip Lonergan. / No copyright registration. Released 24 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 March 2012.

References: Pohle-Holmes p. ? : Website-IMDb.