Betty in Search of a Thrill

{{Short description|1915 film by Phillips Smalley}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Betty in Search of a Thrill
(UK: The Merry Madcap)

| image = Merry Madcap Betty in search of a thrill poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = title of the film as released in UK. The scene depicted in this British poster is actually from Elsie Janis's next film Nearly a Lady also with Owen Moore. Probably The Merry Madcap poster was printed while Nearly a Lady was in new release later in the summer of 1915.[https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistoryof00blum Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.75, by Daniel Blum c.1953]

| director = Phillips Smalley
Lois Weber

| producer = Hobart Bosworth

| screenplay = Elsie Janis

| starring = Elsie Janis
Owen Moore
Juanita Hansen
Herbert Standing
Vera Lewis
Harry Ham

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| studio = Hobart Bosworth Productions
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company

| distributor = Paramount Pictures
Anchor Film Company (UK)

| released = {{Film date|1915|5|17}}

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

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}}

Betty in Search of a Thrill is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3713/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Betty in Search of a Thrill] 1915 American silent adventure film that was directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and written by Elsie Janis. The film stars Elsie Janis, Owen Moore, Juanita Hansen, Herbert Standing, Vera Lewis, and Harry Ham.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/552848/betty-in-search-of-a-thrill|title=Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=22 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/228933/Betty-in-Search-of-a-Thrill/overview|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141222205647/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/228933/Betty-in-Search-of-a-Thrill/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 December 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Janiss Garza|title=Betty-in-Search-of-a-Thrill - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|accessdate=22 December 2014}} The film was released on May 17, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13684 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:..Betty in Search of a Thrill]