The Courage of the Commonplace
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About The Courage of the Commonplace
Mary, the older daughter on a farm, does the drudge work and saves for a year at the School of Arts and Sciences. She daydreams of going. When the horse Dobbin dies, her money buys a replacement. She is still the family's drudge at the end.
Cast & crew
More about The Courage of the Commonplace
Rollin S. Sturgeon directed William E. Wing's scenario for Vitagraph. The General Film Company released the one-reeler on August 1, 1913. Mary Charleson plays the older daughter, Myrtle Gonzalez the younger, Charles Bennett her father, and Edwin August a farm worker.
Themes
Making
Sturgeon, who mostly made Westerns and outdoor stories at Vitagraph, shot this one as a farm interior and a field, with no chase.
Reviews
The Moving Picture World of August 16, 1913, said there was nothing in particular to recommend the story as entertainment, and noted that Wing had the nerve to leave the girl a drudge.
Preservation
Silent Era lists a surviving print, public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Moving Picture World for August 16, 1913, names the dead horse Dobbin and says a second horse, Jerry, is already too frail for the plough.
- The review says her savings were a year's tuition.
- Silent Era lists a surviving print and marks the film public domain in the United States.
- Wing leaves her in the same job she had at the start.
Scenes
- Mary counts out a year's tuition.
- Dobbin dies, and the money goes for another horse.
