The Danger Game

1918 Comedy Directed by Harry A. Pollard

About The Danger Game

Clytie Rogers, who is rich, writes a novel in which a society girl commits a burglary. Critic Jimmy Gilpin says the plot could not happen. To prove him wrong she climbs into an apartment through an open window. A policeman takes her for the robber Powder Nose Annie. Gilpin sees her in jail, poses as the crook Jimmy of the Dives, breaks her out, and takes her on a robbing spree. He returns her to her parents, then calls as Gilpin. She forgives the trick and agrees to marry him.

Cast & crew

More about The Danger Game

Harry A. Pollard directed. Madge Kennedy plays Clytie. Tom Moore plays Jimmy Gilpin. Paul Doucet, Ned Burton, Mabel Ballin, and Kate Blancke are billed. It was released on April 7, 1918. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

  • a novel the critic will not believe
  • a fake burglary that becomes a real arrest
  • a marriage after the trick
  • Clytie Rogers
  • Jimmy Gilpin
  • Powder Nose Annie
  • Madge Kennedy
  • burglary

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The critic's review is what sends her through the window.
  • The alias he uses in jail is Jimmy of the Dives.
  • The policeman's mistake is Powder Nose Annie.
  • Joseph Schildkraut appears on some cast lists beside Moore.

Scenes

  • Clytie climbs through the open window and is arrested.
  • Gilpin returns as the critic and she agrees to marry him.