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According to Hoyle
According to Hoyle
	Contemporary advertisement
Directed by	W.S. Van Dyke
Written by	John B. Clymer
Story by	Clyde Westover; Lottie Horner
Produced by	David Butler
Starring	David Butler ; Helen Ferguson ; Philip Ford
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Production; company	David Butler Productions
Distributed by	Western Pictures
Release date	May 5, 1922;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

According to Hoyle is a lost^[1] 1922 American silent adventure film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring David Butler, Helen Ferguson, and Philip Ford.^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] 'Boxcar' Simmons (D. Butler) is tramping the railroad ties to nowhere when from a car window blows a set of rules telling how to be a success for life. The idea rather appeals to Simmons so he sets out to live by them, changing his hobo garb for better clothes for, as the rules state, "God helps those who help themselves." Simmons is mistaken for a millionaire mining man. Dude Miller (F. Butler) and Jim Riggs (Todd) set out to sell him a rock-studded farm. Simmons discovers that Doris Mead (Ferguson) and her brother Jim (Ford) were previously swindled by the two slickers. He "salts" the ranch and the slickers pay out a large sum to buy his option, thinking it to be a rich silver ore deposit. Simmons turns this money over to Doris and her brother. The slickers, finding that they have been tricked, crack the hotel safe and steal Simmons' wallet and its rules for success. Once safely away they open the wallet and find and read the last rule: "Once you get a good start -- keep going!"

Cast

David Butler as 'Boxcar' Simmons
Helen Ferguson as Doris Mead
Philip Ford as Jim Mead
Fred J. Butler as Dude Miller
Harry Todd as Jim Riggs
Bud Ross as Silent Johnson
Hal Wilson as Bellboy
Francis X. Bushman

References

^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: According to Hoyle
^ Munden p. 2.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: According to Hoyle at silentera.com
^ "Reviews: According to Hoyle". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (21). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 65. May 20, 1922.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.