The Ruse
AKA [Square Deal Man], [A Square Deal]
(1915) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart, Jack Davidson, Clara Williams, Fanny Midgley, Gertrude Claire, Robert Kortman, Jack Hamilton (Shorty Hamilton)

Broncho Motion Picture Company (New York Motion Picture Corporation) production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by A.P. Johnson and Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Robert Doeran. / © 1915 by Broncho Motion Picture Company. Released 14 July 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot on-location in Edenville, California, between 8-20 April 1915. The film survives as a 16mm reduction print, optically enlarged (full-frame) back to 35mm for an archival preservation print.

Drama: Western.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, the Museum of Modern Art film archive, and in the Film Preservation Associates film collection (Blackhawk Films collection).

Listing updated: 21 October 2004.

References: Film credits : Koszarski-Hart pp. 27, 28; Leyda-Before pp. 10, 83, 156 : ClasIm-221 p. 33.