His Duty
About His Duty
On Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday his mother and his brother Jack, a policeman, give him a cap with the initials B.A. in the lining. That night Jack is called to a jewelry-store robbery and finds the cap. At home, Bob is the thief. Their mother breaks down. Jack recovers the stolen pearls and takes Bob to prison.
Cast & crew
More about His Duty
D. W. Griffith directed. Biograph copyrighted the picture on May 28, 1909, at 429 feet. Silent Era lists the release as May 31, 1909, on a split reel with Eradicating Aunty.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer and Arthur Marvin photographed the 429-foot drama.
Notes
- Frank Powell plays Jack. Owen Moore plays Bob. Kate Bruce plays their mother.
- Mary Pickford is in the cast. Marion Leonard and Arthur Johnson appear in the store scene.
- A Biograph advertisement in the May 29, 1909, Moving Picture World calls it the story of a policeman who has to arrest his own brother for burglary.
Scenes
- Jack finds the cap with B.A. in the lining at the robbed jewelry store.
- He takes Bob out of the house while their mother watches.
