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Her Duty

No copy you can watch online. No print is known to survive. What follows is what does: the release, the cast, the story, and what the trade press said at the time.

The story

“Cecil Waters is in love with Walter Dillon, the head clerk in the office. However, Florence Mills, the daughter of her employer, is infatuated with Dillon, and when expenses are cut down and part of the force laid off, Cecil finds herself heading the blue list. Florence knows that Cecil has an invalid mother, whom only country air and luxuries can save. She goes to the girl, offering all this—if she will surrender Dillon. At first defiant, Cecil at last succumbs. ‘To him who hath shall be given—‘“

Summary from Reel Life · 1 August 1914

What the papers said

2 reviews

“That very charming and highly accomplished young actress, Miss Muriel Ostriche, scores a decided personal triumph in this film, wherein she gives a performance of very great beauty and, occasionally, real power. The story itself is artificial, and its ending is unnecessarily weak and unsatisfactory. It is, however, the vehicle for some fine acting, and, as such, it is acceptable production. The staging and photography are on this company’s usually high level of excellence.”

The Bioscope · 26 November 1914

“An open and shut melodrama of pronounced type. The gallery will, no doubt, like it much; for it has good situations. To the rest of the audience it will be delightful as unconscious comedy; for it is such a rich specimen of its kind.”

The Moving Picture World · 15 August 1914

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Cast and crew

Cast
Boyd Marshall as Walter Dillon
Edward N. Hoyt
Frances Keyes as Mrs. Waters
Janet Henry as Florence Mills, also in love with Walter Dillon
Morgan Jones as Jonathan Mills
Muriel Ostriche as Cecil Waters, in love with Walter Dillon
Writer
George A. Posner

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More about this film

From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1914 →

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Her Duty”. thanhouser.org/films/her-duty/

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