His Trust

His Trust
Directed by	D. W. Griffith
Written by	Emmett C. Hall
Starring	Wilfred Lucas
Cinematography	G. W. Bitzer
Distributed by	Biograph Company
Release date	January 16, 1911 (1911-01-16)
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. 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.

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

See also

• 1911 in film
• D. W. Griffith filmography

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