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Playing Horse
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Arthur D. Hotaling
Cast: Billie Reeves [Bill], Mae Hotely [Dolly], George Clark (George Clarke) [Hyppolite the hypnotist], Patsy De Forest [Betsy], Earl White
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by Epes W. Sargent (E.W. Sargent). / Released 23 October 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Bill is a brave man in spots, but as his wedding day approaches he decides that he is not brave enough to marry Betsy and he slips away without saying good-bye other than in a letter. Hyppolite, the Hypnotist, discharges one of his assistants for being so impertinent as to ask for some money, and hires Bill to be a “horse,” as the fake subjects are called. Bill doesn’t like the idea until he sees that Dolly, a decidedly attractive young woman, is also a “horse.” Eventually Bill and Hyppolite come to blows over Dolly and the “horses” kick him out, because they think he has been holding out salaries on them. Bill puts on a beard and turns hypnotist himself. All might have gone well had not Hyppolite, walking back to New York, stopped to ask for a hand-out from Betsy, who sits mourning over Bill’s picture. He tells where Bill is and that night there are two in the audience who take an unusual interest in the performance. Indeed the entire audience feels that money’s worth has been given, and Hyppolite gets the show back.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 3 July 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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