{{short description|1911 film directed by D. W. Griffith}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = His Trust | image = | caption = | director = D. W. Griffith | producer = | writer = Emmett C. Hall | starring = Wilfred Lucas | cinematography = G. W. Bitzer | editing = | distributor = Biograph Company | released = {{film date|1911|1|16}} | runtime = 14 minutes (18 frame/s) | country = United States | language = Silent (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.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HisTrust1911.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: His Trust |access-date=July 9, 2009 |website=Silent Era}}</ref>
==Cast== {{Cast listing| * Wilfred Lucas as George * Dell Henderson as Col. Frazier * Claire McDowell as Col. Frazier's wife * Edith Haldeman as The Fraziers' child * Linda Arvidson * Dorothy Bernard * Kate Bruce * Adele DeGarde * Gladys Egan * Francis J. Grandon as Confederate soldier * Joseph Graybill as Union soldier * Guy Hedlund as Black servant * Grace Henderson * Harry Hyde * Adolph Lestina as Black servant / Confederate soldier * Jeanie MacPherson as Woman at farewell * Violet Mersereau * W. Chrystie Miller as Man at farewell * Alfred Paget as Messenger / Confederate soldier * Lottie Pickford as Woman at farewell * Vivian Prescott as Woman at farewell * W. C. Robinson as Union soldier * Mack Sennett as Confederate soldier delivering sword / death notice * Kate Toncray as Black servant (unconfirmed) * Charles West as Man at farewell * Dorothy West }}
==See also== * 1911 in film * D. W. Griffith filmography
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0001680|title=His Trust}} * {{YouTube|id=QmBQiUCbgqw|title=''His Trust''}} * [https://archive.today/20130116185811/http://www.allrovi.com/search/movies/his+trust ''His Trust''] at AllRovi * {{Internet Archive film|id=HisTrustAndHisTrustFullfilled|title=His Trust'' and ''His Trust Fulfilled}}
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Category:1911 films Category:1911 drama films Category:1911 short films Category:1911 American films Category:1911 English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Biograph Company films Category:Blackface minstrel shows and films Category:Short films directed by D. W. Griffith Category:American silent drama short films Category:Surviving American silent films Category:English-language drama short films Category:Films about servants {{1910s-short-drama-film-stub}}