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A Modest Hero
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Dell Henderson

Cast: Walter Miller [the husband], Lillian Gish, Charles Hill Mailes [the first thief], John T. Dillon [the second thief], Charles West [a crook; the cleaning man], Alfred Paget [the first policeman], Harry Carey

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by George Hennessy. Assistant director, William Beaudine. / Released [?] 6 or 8? September 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but husband hires a man, while he goes fishing. Our hero substitutes himself for the cleaner and appears to rob the lady of her silver. He is kept too busy, and later proves a hero in spite of himself by rescuing the fair young housewife from the drunken cleaner, who walks in late.

Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 20 September 1913, page ?] A good offering. It is the old kind of story that we have heard called the Biograph stand-by; but there is a good deal of freshness in it and it not only interests, but excites. The girl is alone in the house with the thug; but the reasons for his being there are not trite, nor is the outcome of it. There is a slightly humorous touch of nature in it that is especially commendable. Walter Miller plays a man too lazy to help his wife (Lillian Gish) clean house, who sends a hired man (Charles Mailes) to take his place and himself goes fishing. The helper stops at a saloon and while he is getting drunk. A second-story man (Harry Carey) goes to the house, claiming to be the helper, and begins work with the purpose of “cleaning the house out.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 June 2024.

References: Spehr-American p. 3; Weaver-Twenty p. 145 : Website-IMDb.

 
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