His Trust

1911 film

January 16, 1911 (1911-01-16)

Running time

14 minutes (18 frame/s)CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent 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

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

References

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: His Trust". Silent Era. Retrieved July 9, 2009.

External links

His Trust at IMDb
His Trust on YouTube
His Trust; allrovi listing
His Trust and its sequel His Trust Fulfilled available together for download at Archive.org