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Title
- His duty
Summary
- It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, personalized with his initals in the lining. Jack then goes to work and Bob goes out also. Later in the evening, Jack is called to the scene of a robbery, where he finds the cap with his brother's initials. Dismayed by the idea that his brother is a thief, he goes home and confronts Bob with the evidence. Though it breaks their mother's heart, Jack does his duty and leads his brother out in handcuffs.
Names
- Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, direction
- Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera
- Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
- Bruce, Kate, 1858-1946, cast
- Powell, Frank E., 1877- cast
- Moore, Owen, 1886-1939, cast
- Johnson, Arthur V., 1876-1916, cast
- Leonard, Marion, 1881-1956, cast
- Miles, David, 1871-1915, cast
- Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979, cast
- Mersereau, Violet, 1892-1975, cast
- Harron, Robert, 1894-1920, cast
- Biograph Company
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Biograph Co., 1909.
Headings
- - Duty--Drama
- - Brothers--Drama
- - Crime--Drama
- - Punishment--Drama
Genre
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Fiction films
Notes
- - H12770 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Biograph Co.; 28May1909; H12770.
- - Kate Bruce, Frank Powell, Owen Moore, Arthur Johnson, Marion Leonard, David Miles, Mary Pickford, Violet Mersereau, Robert Harron.
- - Camera, Arthur Marvin, G.W. Bitzer.
- - According to the website, Search for a Film Legacy: Mary Pickford (1909-1933), interior titles are lacking from all LC copies.
- - Photographed May 10-12, 1909 in Edgewater, New Jersey and in the Biograph studio in New York City.
- - Part of summary from The Griffith project, v. 2.
- - Biograph production no. 3580.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 2474) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 137; The Griffith project, v. 2, program sequence no. 149; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1908-1912, p. 94; Christel Schmidt's The Search for a Film Legacy: Mary Pickford (1909-1933) WWW site, viewed April 13, 2015.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Medium
- 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 5 min.) : si., b&w.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (161 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (161 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 400 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 400 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 5438 (viewing print)
- FRA 2890 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 0053A (paper pos)
- Box 5267A (paper pos, copy 2)
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Library of Congress Control Number
- 2015600159
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- Restricted: video files available on-site only. Access by appointment.
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Contributor
- Biograph Company
- Bitzer, G. W.
- Bruce, Kate
- Griffith, D. W. (David Wark)
- Harron, Robert
- Johnson, Arthur V.
- Leonard, Marion
- Marvin, Arthur W.
- Mersereau, Violet
- Miles, David
- Moore, Owen
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Pickford, Mary
- Powell, Frank E.