His Trust
Appearance
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Emmett C. Hall |
Starring | Wilfred Lucas |
Cinematography | G. W. Bitzer |
Distributed by | Biograph Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 14 minutes (18 frame/s) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
His Trust is a 1911 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It concerns "The faithful devotion and self- sacrifice of an old negro servant," who is played in blackface by Wilfred Lucas. The film's sequel is His Trust Fulfilled. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Wilfred Lucas – George
- Dell Henderson – Col. Frazier
- Claire McDowell – Col. Frazier's wife
- Edith Haldeman – The Fraziers' child
- Linda Arvidson
- Dorothy Bernard
- Kate Bruce
- Adele DeGarde
- Gladys Egan
- Francis J. Grandon – Confederate soldier
- Joseph Graybill – Union soldier
- Guy Hedlund – Black servant
- Grace Henderson
- Harry Hyde
- Adolph Lestina – Black servant/Confederate soldier
- Jeanie MacPherson – Woman at farewell
- Violet Mersereau
- W. Chrystie Miller – Man at farewell
- Alfred Paget – Messenger/Confederate soldier
- Lottie Pickford – Woman at farewell
- Vivian Prescott – Woman at farewell
- W. C. Robinson – Union soldier
- Mack Sennett – Confed. soldier delivering sword, death notice
- Kate Toncray – Black servant (unconfirmed)
- Charles West - Man at farewell
- Dorothy West
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: His Trust". Silent Era. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
External links
[edit]- His Trust at IMDb
- His Trust on YouTube
- His Trust; allrovi listing[permanent dead link]
- His Trust and its sequel His Trust Fulfilled available together for download at Archive.org
Categories:
- 1911 films
- 1911 drama films
- 1911 short films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent short films
- Biograph Company films
- Films directed by D. W. Griffith
- Silent American drama films
- Surviving American silent films
- English-language drama short films
- 1910s short drama film stubs