His Trust

{{short description|1911 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = His Trust

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| director = D. W. Griffith

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| 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)

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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.{{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}}

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