His Trust

Name: His Trust
Released: 1911
Rating: 21.35
Cast: Dell Henderson, Claire McDowell, Wilfred Lucas, Kate Bruce, Linda Arvidson

1911

Drama, War

Short Film

14m

A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is killed in an exciting battle sequence, George continues in his caring duties, faithful to his trust. Events continue to turn for the worse when invading Yankee soldiers arrive to loot and torch the widow's home. George saves the officer's daughter and battle sword by braving the flames. (imdb)

His Trust

1911

Drama, War

Short Film

14m

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Dorkovsky

Rated 20 Aug 2009

What's this? An early D.W. short with a legible plot and relatively restrained acting? Yep, too bad it's insultingly racist though.

Rated 20 Aug 2009

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Alex Watkins

Rated 03 Aug 2009

Griffith must think Uncle Tom's Cabin is a feel-good story.

Rated 03 Aug 2009

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Heliophage

Rated 11 Nov 2013

This contains some of Griffith's best imagery to date (the battle, the house-burning with Claire McDowell in the foreground with her back to the camera, etc.). Unfortunately, it's also the beginning of a dumb, distasteful blackface saga that waxes sentimental about "the faithful devotion and self-sacrifice on an old negro servant" (though the worst of that comes in the next installment).

Rated 11 Nov 2013

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jodamico

Rated 17 Feb 2012

Ah, this is a complicated one. In its way, this kind of racism is even more insidious than Birth of a Nation's. But one can't deny the visual poetry of it, among Griffith's most expressive and painterly shorts. The cathartic last shot, one of Griffith's most understated and modern, is a highlight of the era.

Rated 17 Feb 2012

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