Her Decision
{{short description|1918 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Her Decision
| image = Her Decision (1918) still 1.jpg
| caption = Still with Gloria Swanson and Ann Forrest
| director = Jack Conway
| writer = Charles Jurlson
| story = Laura Gannet
| starring = Gloria Swanson
| cinematography = Elgin Lessley
| editing =
| distributor = Triangle Film Corporation
| released = {{film date|1918|5|2}}
| runtime = 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Her Decision is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Gloria Swanson.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HerDecision1918.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Her Decision |access-date=July 5, 2009|work=silentera.com}} It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film.
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Her Decision |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=23 |page=[https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi/page/n35 28] |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=June 1, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi}} after her sister Inah (Forrest) is betrayed by a dissolute young millionaire, Phyllis Dunbar (Swanson) seeks the aid of her fiance Bobbie Warner (Foss), but is refused. In desperation she turns to Martin Rankin (Sherry), her employer, who previously had proposed to her but had been refused, with an offer of marriage if he will see her sister through her trouble. Martin finally agrees and the ceremony is performed. Martin assures his young bride that they will live together for one year as pals, and if he does not win her love in that time he will give her the freedom to marry Bobbie. After a visit to a dance hall by Bobbie dispels any remaining love between the two, Phyllis returns to her home and gives her love freely to Martin.
Cast
- Gloria Swanson as Phyllis Dunbar
- J. Barney Sherry as Martin Rankin
- Darrell Foss as Bobbie Warner
- Ann Forrest as Inah Dunbar (credited as Ann Kroman)
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Her Decision was subject to cuts and restrictions by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the film.{{cite journal |title=Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=23 |page=31 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=June 1, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/stream/exhibitorsherald06exhi#page/n1048/mode/1up}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Her Decision}}
- {{IMDb title|0009161}}
{{Jack Conway |state=collapsed}}
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Jack Conway
Category:Triangle Film Corporation films
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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